Notice2022-07318
Pacific Bluefin Tuna United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting Announcement
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Published
April 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS announces a public meeting to discuss management of Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF). This meeting is intended to discuss both commercial and recreational management of PBF and is following up to meetings held on similar topics in 2019 and 2020. It is also intended to solicit input into development of an international long-term harvest strategy for PBF. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 19903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07318]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB929]
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 management of
Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF). This meeting is intended to discuss both
commercial and recreational management of PBF and is following up to
meetings held on similar topics in 2019 and 2020. It is also intended
to solicit input into development of an international long-term harvest
strategy for PBF. The meeting topics are described under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on May 4, 2022, from 9:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. PDT (or until business is concluded). You must complete
the registration process by April 26, 2022, if you plan to attend the
meeting (see ADDRESSES). Members of the public may submit written
comments on the meeting topics or materials to Celia Barroso at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2142444d48400f434053534e524e614f4e40400f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2b1b7bebbb3fcb0b3a0a0bda1bd92bcbdb3b3fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a> by April 26, 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/KKR3Fo7cw1cLUoCt8">https://forms.gle/KKR3Fo7cw1cLUoCt8</a>.
Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting
participants in advance of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Barroso, NMFS West Coast Region
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#197a7c757078377b786b6b766a765977767878377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b282e27222a65292a39392438240b25242a2a652c243d">[email protected]</span></a> or 562-432-1850.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Stakeholders have expressed an interest in
developing a long-term management framework for PBF. In September 2018,
the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) recommended that its
Highly Migratory Species Management Team develop a long-term management
strategy for PBF (see the PFMC's ``September 2018 Decision Summary
Document'' at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2018/09/september-2018-decision-document.pdf/">https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2018/09/september-2018-decision-document.pdf/</a>). On May 2, 2019, NMFS held a stakeholder
meeting in which participants discussed potential management objectives
and strategies to achieve those objectives for the domestic commercial
PBF fishery (see the NMFS report to the June 2019 PFMC meeting at
<a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2019/06/agenda-item-j-2-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-3-pacific-bluefin-tuna-stakeholder-meeting-and-input-to-development-of-council-harvest-strategy.pdf">https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2019/06/agenda-item-j-2-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-3-pacific-bluefin-tuna-stakeholder-meeting-and-input-to-development-of-council-harvest-strategy.pdf</a>). On May 19,
2020, NMFS hosted a virtual meeting facilitated by Kearns & West that
focused on domestic implementation of an IATTC resolution (see the NMFS
report to the June 2020 PFMC meeting at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2020/06/d-1-a-supplemental-nmfs-report-3.pdf">https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2020/06/d-1-a-supplemental-nmfs-report-3.pdf</a>). These meetings
mainly discussed domestic management of PBF. NMFS is hosting a separate
virtual meeting to discuss a long-term harvest strategy for PBF within
the international arena on April 1, 2022 (87 FR 10175, February 23,
2022), and this May 4 meeting will provide an overview of that April 1
meeting in addition to following up to the 2019 and 2020 meetings held
on domestic PBF management.
PBF U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topics
The agenda for this meeting will be distributed to participants in
advance of the meeting. The PBF U.S. stakeholder meeting topics may
include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) An overview of
international management of PBF and current domestic management of the
U.S. PBF fishery, (2) future domestic management of commercial and
recreational PBF; and (3) development of an international long-term
harvest strategy.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by
April 26, 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: April 1, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-07318 Filed 4-5-22; 8:45 am]
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