Notice2021-21057
Meeting on the Stock Status of Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
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Published
September 28, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS is holding a public webinar for the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and other interested stakeholders to provide an update on recent work by ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) Bluefin Tuna Species Group to assess the western Atlantic stock of bluefin tuna.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53641-53642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21057]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RTID 0648-XB431
Meeting on the Stock Status of Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of virtual public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is holding a public webinar for the Advisory Committee to
the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation
of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and other interested stakeholders to provide
an update on recent work by ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and
Statistics (SCRS) Bluefin Tuna Species Group to assess the western
Atlantic stock of bluefin tuna.
DATES: A webinar information session that is open to the public will be
held on September 30, 2021, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the webinar at: <a href="https://forms.gle/zYfNx5gd3dud4Hfm8">https://forms.gle/zYfNx5gd3dud4Hfm8</a>. Registration will close on September 29, 2021 at 5
p.m. EDT. Instructions will be emailed to registered participants.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel O'Malley, Office of
International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, (301) 427-8373 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e6b487858e838ac8a9c1ab878a8a839fa688898787c88189">Rachel.O'<span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cd1fdf0f0f9e5dcf2f3fdfdb2fbf3">[email protected]</span></a>v.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ICCAT's SCRS held a virtual stock assessment
meeting for the western stock of Atlantic bluefin tuna from August 31
to September 1, 2021; it was immediately followed by a virtual meeting
of the SCRS' Bluefin Tuna Species Group to consider the results. The
assessment work is considered preliminary until adopted by the SCRS
during its plenary meeting starting in late September. At that time,
the SCRS will also adopt management advice for western Atlantic bluefin
tuna to provide to the Commission. NMFS scientists will provide the
Advisory Committee and other interested stakeholders with an update on
the assessment work at the September 30, 2021, webinar, where
participants will have an opportunity to ask questions. NMFS will
announce the timing and format for the question and answer period at
the beginning of the webinar.
The webinar is specifically an update on the stock assessment
progress and not on development of U.S. positions for ICCAT. A Fall
meeting of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT will be
held in October after the stock assessment results and SCRS management
advice have been finalized and published. The October meeting is for
the express purpose of providing information relevant to the
development of possible positions to be taken by the United States at
ICCAT regarding bluefin tuna conservation and management and other
important topics.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 23, 2021.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-21057 Filed 9-23-21; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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