Notice2023-04925
Pacific Bluefin Tuna United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting Announcement
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Published
March 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS announces a public meeting to discuss development of a long-term harvest strategy for Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF). This meeting is intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2023 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 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14985-14986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04925]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC801]
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 development of a
long-term harvest strategy for Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF). This meeting
is intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2023 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 19, 2023, from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (or until business is concluded). You
must complete the registration process by April 12, 2023, 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#ec8f8980858dc28e8d9e9e839f83ac82838d8dc28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2340464f4a420d414251514c504c634d4c42420d444c55">[email protected]</span></a> by April 12,
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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/rVj5WNy4w4Kadqcq6">https://forms.gle/rVj5WNy4w4Kadqcq6</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 publicly 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: Celia Barroso, NMFS West Coast Region,
562-432-1850, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80e3e5ece9e1aee2e1f2f2eff3efc0eeefe1e1aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3350565f5a521d515241415c405c735d5c52521d545c45">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 7th Meeting of the Joint IATTC-WCPFC NC
Working Group (JWG) met July 12-14, 2022, and was unable to reach
consensus on management objectives for PBF and metrics to measure
whether a proposed harvest strategy would meet those management
objectives. Additionally, the International Scientific Committee on
Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) recommended
that, to proceed with the development of a management strategy
evaluation (MSE) for PBF, the JWG consider refining the set of
candidate reference points and harvest control rules recommended in
2019. This April 19 meeting is being held to prepare for anticipated
discussions at the 2023 meeting of the JWG regarding scenarios for
evaluation in the MSE to support development of potential harvest
strategies for PBF. This is expected to include the objectives and
metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of those scenarios.
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
preferences for management objectives for PBF, metrics to measure how
potential future harvest strategies for PBF meet those objectives,
candidate reference points, and candidate harvest control rules.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by
April 12, 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: March 7, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-04925 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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