[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 146 (Monday, August 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46945-46946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16437]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC219]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meetings.
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SUMMARY: Several fishery management bodies on the East Coast of the
U.S. are convening two public webinars to continue work on the East
Coast Climate Change Scenario Planning initiative. This is a joint
effort of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the New
England Fishery Management Council, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and NOAA
Fisheries. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.
DATES: These webinars will be held on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, from
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, August 23, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held via webinar. Connection
information will be posted to the calendar prior to the meeting at
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Over the past year, East Coast fishery management
bodies have been collaborating on a climate change scenario planning
initiative designed to prepare fishing communities and fishery managers
for an era of climate change. The goals of this project are to assess
how climate change might affect stock distribution and availability of
East Coast marine fisheries over the next 20 years and to identify the
implications for fishery management and governance.
In June 2022, a group of about 70 stakeholders attended a workshop
to develop an initial set of scenarios, describing several different
possible futures facing East Coast fisheries out to 2042. The next step
in the scenario planning process will be two scenario deepening
webinars to be held in August 2022. These webinars will offer all
interested stakeholders an opportunity to review, validate, and add
details to the initial scenarios. Each 2-hour session will begin with
an overview of the outputs and draft stories from the initial
scenarios. Webinar participants will then have an opportunity to add
comments and suggestions to make the scenarios more plausible,
challenging, relevant, memorable, and divergent. For each scenario,
participants will be encouraged to imagine specific examples about
impacts to particular species, regions, and communities. Participants
only need to attend one of the two webinars. Registration information
will be made available on the initiative web page at: https://www.mafmc.org/climate-change-scenario-planning. A summary of the draft
scenarios is being developed and will be posted to the same web page
once available. Participants are encouraged to review this summary
before the webinars and come prepared to share comments on the specific
scenarios.
The outcome of the two webinars will be a more detailed set of
scenarios that will be used as a platform for later stages of the
process, looking specifically at how fishery management and governance
must change to be prepared for a future of climate change.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to Shelley Spedden, (302) 526-5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 27, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-16437 Filed 7-29-22; 8:45 am]
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