Notice2023-15970
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
July 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold two online meetings to review 2023 groundfish stock assessments. These online meetings are open to the public.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48797-48798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15970]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD187]
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's (Pacific Council)
Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) will hold two online meetings to review 2023 groundfish stock
assessments. These online meetings are open to the public.
DATES: The first online meeting will be held Monday, August 14, 2023
and will continue through Tuesday, August 15, 2023, from 8:30 a.m.
until 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) or when business for the day
has been completed. The second online meeting will be held Monday,
August 28, 2023 and will continue through Tuesday, August 29, 2023,
from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) or when business
for the day has been completed.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be conducted online. Specific meeting
information, materials, 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>). Please send an email
to Kris Kleinschmidt (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#066d746f75286d6a636f6875656e6b6f6272466869676728616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3259405b411c595e575b5c41515a5f5b5646725c5d53531c555d44">[email protected]</span></a>) or contact via phone
at (503) 820-2412 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer,
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2414, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4d9d5c6d8d1dad19ad6d1d8d8d9d5daf4dadbd5d59ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e030f1c020b000b400c0b0202030f002e00010f0f40090118">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee will
review new assessments and stock assessment review (STAR) reports for
copper rockfish in California, rex sole, shortspine thornyhead, and
black rockfish on August 14-15, 2023. On August 28-29, 2023,
assessments and STAR reports for canary rockfish and petrale sole, as
well as a catch-only projection for widow rockfish, and a
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limited assessment update for sablefish will be reviewed. Further, the
SSC Groundfish Subcommittee will review a catch report for yelloweye
rockfish to determine the adequacy of rebuilding progress. The SSC
Groundfish Subcommittee will prepare their recommendations for the SSC
and Pacific Council consideration at their meetings in September.
Assessment recommendations may include endorsing these new stock
assessments for management use or requesting further analyses to be
reviewed at the late September review panel (this process is outlined
in the Pacific Council's Terms of Reference for the Groundfish Stock
Assessment Review Process for 2023-2024 which can be found here:
<a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/06/terms-of-reference-for-the-groundfish-stock-assessment-review-process-for-2023-2024-june-2022.pdf/">https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/06/terms-of-reference-for-the-groundfish-stock-assessment-review-process-for-2023-2024-june-2022.pdf/</a>.
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.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kris Kleinschmidt (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#751e071c065b1e19101c1b06161d181c1101351b1a14145b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b001902184500070e020518080306020f1f2b05040a0a450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>;
(503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 24, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-15970 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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