Notice2023-10506
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
May 17, 2023
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Abstract
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will convene three Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meetings to review 2023 stock assessments for copper rockfish in California, rex sole, shortspine thornyhead, black rockfish, petrale sole, and canary rockfish. The meetings will be co-hosted by the NMFS Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers. STAR panel meetings are open to the public and being conducted in person with a web broadcast that provides the opportunity for remote listening and public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31493-31494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10506]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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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 Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will
convene three Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meetings to review
2023 stock assessments for copper rockfish in California, rex sole,
shortspine thornyhead, black rockfish, petrale sole, and canary
rockfish. The meetings will be co-hosted by the NMFS Northwest and
Southwest Fisheries Science Centers. STAR panel meetings are open to
the public and being conducted in person with a web broadcast that
provides the opportunity for remote listening and public comment.
DATES: The STAR panel meeting (STAR Panel 1) to review new assessments
for copper rockfish in California, rex sole, and shortspine thornyhead
will be held Monday, June 5, 2023 and will continue through Friday,
June 9, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time)
each day, or when business for the day has been completed.
The STAR panel meeting (STAR Panel 2) to review new assessments for
black rockfish will be held Monday, July 10, 2023 and will continue
through Friday, July 14, 2023, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at
5:30 p.m. each day, or when business for the day has been completed.
The STAR panel meeting (STAR Panel 3) to review new assessments for
petrale sole and canary rockfish will be held Monday, July 24, 2023 and
will continue through Friday, July 28, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30
p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) or when business for the day has been
completed.
ADDRESSES: The STAR panels for copper rockfish in California, rex sole,
and shortspine thornyhead (STAR Panel 1), and for petrale sole and
canary rockfish (STAR Panel 3) will be held in the Auditorium at the
National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center,
2725 Montlake Boulevard E, Seattle, WA 98112; telephone: (206) 860-
3200.
The STAR panel for black rockfish (STAR Panel 2) will be held at
the National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, Santa Cruz Laboratory, 110 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA
95060; telephone: (831) 420-3900.
These meetings are being conducted in person with a web broadcast
that provides the opportunity for remote public comment. Specific
meeting information, materials, visitor protocols, and instructions for
how to connect to the meeting remotely will be provided in the meeting
announcement on the Pacific Council's website (see <a href="http://www.pcouncil.org">www.pcouncil.org</a>).
In the event an outage occurs, or technical issues arise that impact
the experience of remote attendees, we will attempt to resolve them but
ultimately, we cannot guarantee that they will be resolved
satisfactorily.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Owen Hamel, NMFS Northwest
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (206) 860-3481; or Marlene A.
Bellman, Staff Officer, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2414,
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3558544759505b501b5750595958545b755b5a54541b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b464a59474e454e05494e4747464a456b45444a4a054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the STAR Panels is to review
draft 2023 stock assessment documents and any other pertinent
information for copper rockfish in California, rex sole, shortspine
thornyhead, black rockfish, petrale sole, and canary rockfish; work
with the Stock Assessment Teams to make necessary revisions; and
produce STAR Panel reports for use by the Pacific Council and other
interested persons for developing management recommendations for
fisheries in 2025 and beyond. The review panels will consist of members
of the Pacific Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee's
Groundfish Subcommittee, at least one independent expert from the
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Center for Independent Experts, and other invited expert reviewers.
Representatives of the Pacific Council's Groundfish Management Team and
the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will also participate in the review as
advisers.
No management actions will be decided by the STAR Panels. The STAR
Panel participants' role will be development of recommendations and
reports for consideration by the Pacific Council at its September
meeting in Spokane, WA.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action
during these meetings. Action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after
publication of this document 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 intent to
take final action to address the emergency.
Visitors who are foreign nationals (defined as a person who is not
a citizen or national of the United States) may require additional
security clearance to access the NMFS Northwest and Southwest Fisheries
Science Centers. Foreign national visitors to the Northwest Fisheries
Science Center (STAR Panel 1 and 3) should contact Dr. Owen Hamel at
(206) 860-3481 or to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (STAR Panel
2) should contact Dr. John Field at (831) 420-3907; at least 2 weeks
prior to the meeting date to initiate the security clearance process.
Visitors to the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center will need
to obtain a visitor badge. Visitor protocols will be provided in the
meeting announcement on the Pacific Council's website (see
<a href="http://www.pcouncil.org">www.pcouncil.org</a>).
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Dr. Owen Hamel
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ec839b8982c2848d818980ac82838d8dc28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a756d7f7434727b777f765a74757b7b347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>; (206) 860-3481) at least 10 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 12, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-10506 Filed 5-16-23; 8:45 am]
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