Notice2023-11236
Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation for North Atlantic Swordfish
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Published
May 26, 2023
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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 North Atlantic swordfish.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34134-34135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11236]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD016]
Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation
for North Atlantic Swordfish
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 North Atlantic
swordfish.
DATES: A virtual meeting that is open to the public will be held by
webinar session on June 16, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the meeting at: <a href="https://forms.gle/EeMbS76EHZ5s5CQg7">https://forms.gle/EeMbS76EHZ5s5CQg7</a>. Registration will close on June 14, 2023, 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#5c1e2e253d327217393030392e1c32333d3d723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9ab9b908887c7a28c85858c9ba987868888c78e869f">[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
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different strategies achieve specified management objectives for a
fishery. ICCAT expects to finalize its North Atlantic swordfish MSE in
2023 and anticipates adopting a management procedure in November 2023
to set the total allowable catch for 2024 and future years for the
stock. NMFS, and the United States Government more broadly, engages in
this MSE development, an important part of which involves considering
stakeholder input throughout the process through various means,
including consultation with the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section
to ICCAT. The United States is also participating in the development of
the North Atlantic swordfish MSE through the active involvement of U.S.
scientists in the scientific work carried out by ICCAT's Standing
Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS).
The June 16 meeting is intended to update U.S. stakeholders and
solicit their input on the MSE approach being developed by ICCAT for
North Atlantic swordfish. NMFS will provide information on the progress
of the SCRS in developing initial candidate management procedures
(CMPs) and testing them based on initial input on management objectives
and other relevant matters from ICCAT's Panel 4. CMPs illustrate
tradeoffs associated with achieving identified management objectives
related to stock status, stock safety, yield, and catch stability over
time. CMP testing assists ICCAT in refining management objectives and
narrowing the number of viable CMPs for possible adoption by the
Commission. 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 North Atlantic swordfish MSE
process. Discussions at the meeting will help inform U.S. scientists
who are participating in the work of the SCRS as well as U.S. managers
participating in relevant Commission related meetings later in 2023
addressing the North Atlantic swordfish MSE.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 22, 2023.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-11236 Filed 5-25-23; 8:45 am]
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