Notice2022-05639
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
March 17, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet April 4, 2022, through April 11, 2022, via hybrid conference.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15207-15208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05639]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB892]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will meet April 4, 2022, through April 11, 2022,
via hybrid conference.
DATES: The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will
begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian/Alaska room on Monday, April 4, 2022,
and continue through Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The Council's Advisory
Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m. in the Denali room on Tuesday, April 5,
2022, and continue through Friday, April 8, 2022. The Council will
begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian/Alaska room on Wednesday, April 6,
2022, and continue through Monday, April 11, 2022. All times listed are
Alaska Standard Time.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meetings will be a hybrid conference. The in-
person component of the meeting will be held at the Anchorage Hilton
Hotel, 500 W 3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501, or join the meeting online
through the links at <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings">https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings</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 via webconference are given
under Connection Information, below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans, Council staff; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdd9d4dcd3dc93d8cbdcd3cefdd3d2dcdc93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b0f020a050a450e1d0a05182b05040a0a450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical support please contact our
administrative staff, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9af4eafcf7f9b4fbfef7f3f4daf4f5fbfbb4fdf5ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f19f81979c92df90959c989fb19f9e9090df969e87">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Monday, April 4, 2022, Through Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
(1) Scallops--SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report
(2) Central GOA rockfish adjustments--Initial Review
(3) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (BS FEP)--review progress: (a)
FEP Team report, (b) Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge,
Subsistence (LKTKS) Taskforce report, (c) Climate Change Taskforce
(CCTF) report
(4) Alaska Climate Integrated Modeling (ACLIM) Update--Review
(5) Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Directive report--review
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2855">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2855</a> prior to the
meeting, along with meeting materials.
In addition to providing ongoing scientific advice for fishery
management decisions, the SSC functions as the Council's primary peer
review panel for scientific information, as described by the Magnuson-
Stevens Act section 302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 2
guidelines (78 FR 43066).
The peer-review process is also deemed to satisfy the requirements
of the Information Quality Act, including the OMB Peer Review Bulletin
guidelines.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022, Through Friday, April 8, 2022
The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:
(1) IFQ Omnibus Amendments--Final Action, Enforcement Committee Report
(2) RQE Fee Collection Program--Final Action
(3) Scallops--SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report
(4) Central GOA rockfish adjustments--Initial Review
(5) Bristol Bay red king crab (BBRKC) Management, Biology, and Gear
Impact
(6) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (BS FEP)--review progress: (a)
FEP Team report, (b) Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge,
Subsistence (LKTKS) Taskforce report, (c) Climate Change Taskforce
(CCTF) report, (d) Ecosystem Committee report
(7) Alaska Climate Integrated Modeling (ACLIM) Update--Review
(8) Staff Tasking
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Through Monday, April 11, 2022
The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
(1) All B Reports (Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Crab and
Industry Advisory Committee, and Executive Committee, NMFS Management,
NOAA GC, ADF&G, USCG, USFWS, NIOSH, Cooperative Reports)
(2) IFQ Omnibus Amendments--Final Action, Enforcement Committee Report
(3) RQE Fee Collection Program--Final Action
(4) Scallops--SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report
(5) SSC report in full
(6) Central GOA rockfish adjustments--Initial Review
(7) Bristol Bay red king crab (BBRKC) Management, Biology, and Gear
Impact
(8) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (BS FEP)--review progress: (a)
FEP Team report, (b) Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge,
Subsistence (LKTKS) Taskforce report, (c) Climate Change Taskforce
(CCTF) report, (d) Ecosystem Committee report
(9) Alaska Climate Integrated Modeling (ACLIM) Update--Review
(6) Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Directive report--review
(10) Staff Tasking
Connection Information
You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or
smart phone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted
online at: <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings">https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings</a>. For
technical support please contact our administrative staff, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e08e90868d83ce81848d898ea08e8f8181ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e607e68636d206f6a6367604e60616f6f20696178">[email protected]</span></a>. If you are attending the meeting in-person,
please refer to the COVID avoidance protocols on our website, <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings/">https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings/</a>.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted
electronically through the links at <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings">https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings</a>. The Council strongly encourages written public
comment for this meeting, to avoid any potential for technical
difficulties to compromise oral testimony. The written comment period
is open from March 18, 2022 to April 1, 2022, and closes at 12 p.m.,
Alaska Time on April 1, 2022.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings. Actions will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: March 14, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-05639 Filed 3-16-22; 8:45 am]
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