Notice2023-00789
North Pacific Albacore United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting Announcement
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Published
January 18, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting open to the public to discuss North Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2023 annual meetings of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee (WCPFC NC) on a harvest strategy for NPALB fisheries. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 2888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00789]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC663]
North Pacific Albacore 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 U.S. stakeholder meeting open to the public
to discuss North Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is
intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2023 annual
meetings of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee
(WCPFC NC) on a harvest strategy for NPALB fisheries. The meeting
topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on February 15, 2023, from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (or until business is concluded).
You must complete the registration process by February 8, 2023, if you
plan to attend the meeting (see ADDRESSES). Members of the public may
submit written comments on meeting topics or materials to Valerie Post
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1167707d746378743f617e6265517f7e70703f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2751464b42554e420957485453674948464609404851">[email protected]</span></a> by February 8, 2023, 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/HmauFTcdHQZ1MHLs8">https://forms.gle/HmauFTcdHQZ1MHLs8</a>.
Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting
participants before the meeting occurs. This meeting may be audio
recorded for the purposes of generating notes of the meeting. As public
comments will be made publically available, participants and public
commenters are urged not to provide personally identifiable information
(PII) at this meeting. Participation in the meeting, in person, by web
conference, or by telephone constitutes consent to the audio recording.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional
Office at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1b7a0ada4b3a8a4efb1aeb2b581afaea0a0efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99eff8f5fcebf0fcb7e9f6eaedd9f7f6f8f8b7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2021, the International Scientific
Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean
(ISC) completed a management strategy evaluation (MSE) on NPALB,\1\ and
the ISC Albacore Working Group hosted a meeting among U.S. and Canadian
stakeholders from March 22-25, 2021, to review the results of the MSE.
As a follow-up to the ISC meeting in March 2021, NMFS hosted virtual
meetings on June 1, 2021 and April 5, 2022, for U.S. stakeholders to
express their priorities and consider future management of NPALB.
Additionally, in 2022, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
(IATTC) and Western and Central Pacific Fishery Commission (WCPFC)
adopted a harvest strategy for NPALB that indicated certain components
(e.g., harvest control rules) would be addressed in 2023.\2\ The
forthcoming February 15 meeting, is intended to follow up on the June
2021 and April 2022 webinars, as well as to prepare for anticipated
discussions at the IATTC and WCPFC Northern Committee (NC).
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\1\ <a href="http://isc.fra.go.jp/working_groups/albacore.html">http://isc.fra.go.jp/working_groups/albacore.html</a>.
\2\ <a href="https://iattc.org/GetAttachment/9d1676e8-b2af-4f40-88c1-5c3f0f8594ea/C-22-04_North-Albacore-Harvest-Strategy.pdf">https://iattc.org/GetAttachment/9d1676e8-b2af-4f40-88c1-5c3f0f8594ea/C-22-04_North-Albacore-Harvest-Strategy.pdf</a> and harvest
strategies recently adopted by the WCPFC are expected to be
available here: <a href="https://www.wcpfc.int/harvest-strategy">https://www.wcpfc.int/harvest-strategy</a>.
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NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topics
The agenda will be distributed to participants in advance of the
meeting. The meeting agenda will include a discussion on a harvest
strategy for NPALB that may include, but is not limited to, harvest
control rules, management procedures and exceptional circumstances.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by
February 8, 2023.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; and 16
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
Dated: January 11, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-00789 Filed 1-17-23; 8:45 am]
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