Notice2022-18868
Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
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Published
September 1, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS is holding a public meeting via webinar session for the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and all interested stakeholders to receive an update and provide input on the development of the management strategy evaluation (MSE) for Atlantic Bluefin tuna. NMFS staff will also provide an update on the Marine Recreational Information Program Atlantic HMS Regional Implementation Plan.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 53731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18868]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC321]
Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation
for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is holding a public meeting via webinar session for the
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission
for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and all interested
stakeholders to receive an update and provide input on the development
of the management strategy evaluation (MSE) for Atlantic Bluefin tuna.
NMFS staff will also provide an update on the Marine Recreational
Information Program Atlantic HMS Regional Implementation Plan.
DATES: A virtual meeting that is open to the public will be held by
webinar session on September 16, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the meeting at: <a href="https://forms.gle/SvV5b9ijaBgTbe3R7">https://forms.gle/SvV5b9ijaBgTbe3R7</a>. Registration will close on September 14, 2022, at 5
p.m. EDT. Instructions for accessing the webinar session will be
emailed to registered participants.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Keller, Office of International
Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, (202) 897-9208 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c381b1baa2aded88a6afafa6b183adaca2a2eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84c6f6fde5eaaacfe1e8e8e1f6c4eaebe5e5aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MSE is a process that allows fishery
managers and stakeholders (e.g., industry, scientists, and non-
governmental organizations) to assess how well different strategies
achieve specified management objectives for a fishery. After several
years of work, ICCAT expects to finalize its Bluefin tuna MSE in 2022
and anticipates adopting a management procedure in November 2022 to set
Total Allowable Catch (TACs) for 2023 and future years for both the
western Atlantic and the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks of
Bluefin tuna. NMFS and the United States more broadly participate in
this MSE development process and have been engaging stakeholders and
considering their input throughout the process through various means,
including consultation with the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section
to ICCAT. The United States also participates in the development of the
Bluefin tuna MSE through active engagement by U.S. scientists in
ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS).
The September 16 meeting is intended to update stakeholders and
solicit their input on the MSE approach being developed by ICCAT. This
includes SCRS progress in developing initial candidate management
procedures (CMPs) illustrating potential management tradeoffs and the
related process by ICCAT to refine management objectives to assist the
SCRS in further refining and narrowing those CMPs. This open session
Advisory Committee meeting is primarily informational in nature and is
intended to increase the opportunity for stakeholder awareness and
input on the Bluefin tuna MSE process. Discussions at the meeting will
help inform U.S. scientists who are participating in the work of the
SCRS, including the SCRS Species Group and Plenary meetings, scheduled
for September 19-30, 2022.
In addition to MSE updates, NMFS staff will provide an update on
the Marine Recreational Information Program Atlantic HMS Regional
Implementation Plan for the IAC's and the public's information and
background. There will be dedicated time for questions and discussion
related to this plan.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 26, 2022.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-18868 Filed 8-31-22; 8:45 am]
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