Notice2021-18994

North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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Published
September 2, 2021

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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Abstract

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Groundfish Plan Teams will meet September 20, 2021 through September 24, 2021.

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 168 (Thursday, September 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 49316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 0648-XB387]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of web conference.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) 
Groundfish Plan Teams will meet September 20, 2021 through September 
24, 2021.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Monday, September 20, 2021 through 
Thursday, September 23, 2021, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Alaska time. If 
necessary, the meetings will continue into Friday, September 24, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a web conference. Join online through 
the link at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2427">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2427</a>.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 
3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-2809. 
Instructions for attending the meeting are given under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION, below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Cleaver, Council staff; phone: 
(907) 271-2809; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f2c3e2d3e713c333a3e293a2d1f31303e3e71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="790a180b18571a151c180f1c0b3917161818571e160f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or Steve MacLean, Council 
staff; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d6e69786b7833707c7e71787c735d73727c7c337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2152554457440f4c40424d44404f614f4e40400f464e57">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. For technical support, please 
contact our administrative staff; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c120c1a111f521d181115123c12131d1d521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a243a2c2729642b2e2723240a24252b2b642d253c">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

Monday, September 20, 2021 Through Tuesday, September 21, 2021

    The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) 
Groundfish Plan Teams will meet jointly to review and discuss issues of 
importance to both Plan Teams, including but not limited to: Bering Sea 
Fishery Ecosystem Plan, observer updates, Economic and Socioeconomic 
Profile update, Climate Fisheries Initiative, Ecosystem Status Report 
Climate update, Ecosystem surveys, Essential Fish Habitat, Economic 
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE), Bottom Trawl Surveys 
(BTS), Age Composition estimation, Random effects models, Assessment 
Risk Tables, Longline survey, and Sablefish assessment.

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Through Thursday September 23, 2021

    The BSAI Groundfish Plan Team will review stock assessment updates 
and reports on Arctic Regional Action Plan, Easter Bering Sea (EBS) 
Regional Action Plan, Alaska Climate Integrated Modeling (ACLIM), EBS 
Pacific cod, Aleutian Island (AI) Pacific cod, Survey sample design, 
BSAI Greenland turbot, Acoustic vessels of opportunity, EBS pollock, 
BSAI Atka mackerel, Blackspotted and Rougheye rockfish genetics and 
spatial management issues, and proposed specifications.

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Through Thursday, September 23, 2021

    The GOA Groundfish Plan Team will review stock assessment updates 
and reports on GOA Regional Action Plan, GOA ACLIM, GOA BTS, GOA BTS 
Design, Shelikof survey, Shelikof time series, GOA pollock, GOA Pacific 
ocean perch, GOA Other rockfish, Rockfish genetics, GOA rock sole, GOA 
Pacific cod, Pacific cod Economic and Socioeconomic Profile, and 
proposed specifications.
    The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2427">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2427</a> prior to the 
meeting, along with meeting materials.

Friday, September 24, 2021

    The BSAI and GOA Groundfish Plan Teams will meet jointly or 
individually as necessary to complete discussion of the agenda items 
previously listed, and/or work on minutes.

Connection Information

    You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or 
smartphone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted 
online at: <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2427">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2427</a>.

Public Comment

    Public comment letters should be submitted electronically via the 
electronic agenda at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2427">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2427</a>.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 30, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-18994 Filed 9-1-21; 8:45 am]
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