Notice2022-03853
Pacific Bluefin Tuna United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting Announcement
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Published
February 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS announces a public meeting to discuss a Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF) long-term harvest strategy. This meeting is intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2022 meeting of the Joint Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)--Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Northern Committee (NC) Working Group on a long-term harvest strategy for PBF fisheries across the Pacific Ocean. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 10175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03853]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB823]
Pacific Bluefin Tuna United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting
Announcement
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces a public meeting to discuss a Pacific bluefin
tuna (PBF) long-term harvest strategy. This meeting is intended to
prepare for potential discussions at the 2022 meeting of the Joint
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)--Western and Central
Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Northern Committee (NC) Working
Group on a long-term harvest strategy for PBF fisheries across the
Pacific Ocean. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on April 1, 2022, from 12 p.m.
to 4 p.m. PST (or until business is concluded). You must complete the
registration process by March 23, 2022, if you plan to attend the
meeting (see ADDRESSES). Members of the public may submit written
comments on meeting topics or materials to Celia Barroso at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c5c3cacfc788c4c7d4d4c9d5c9e6c8c9c7c788c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a494f46434b04484b58584559456a44454b4b044d455c">[email protected]</span></a> by March 23, 2022, and may also provide oral
comments during the virtual meeting.
ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the meeting, which will be held by
webinar, please register at <a href="https://forms.gle/qQZzdp6LVXn2K9KD6">https://forms.gle/qQZzdp6LVXn2K9KD6</a>.
Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting
participants before the meeting occurs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Barroso, NMFS West Coast Region
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e784828b8e86c985869595889488a789888686c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="385b5d545159165a594a4a574b577856575959165f574e">[email protected]</span></a>, 562-432-1850.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the 6th Meeting of the Joint IATTC-
WCPFC NC Working Group (JWG) meeting (July 27-29, 2021, Japan Time),
the International Scientific Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in
the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) recommended that, in order to proceed
with the development of a long-term harvest strategy for PBF, the JWG
consider management objectives and metrics by which to measure whether
a proposed harvest strategy will meet those management objectives. This
April 1 meeting is to prepare for anticipated discussions at the 2022
meeting of the JWG regarding the process and information needed to
evaluate the effectiveness of potential harvest strategies.
PBF U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topic
The agenda for this meeting will be distributed to participants in
advance of the meeting. The meeting agenda will include a discussion on
management objectives and metrics to measure how potential future
harvest strategies for PBF meet those objectives.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by
March 23, 2022.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.)
Dated: February 17, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-03853 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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