Notice2023-17075
Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation for North Atlantic Swordfish
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Published
August 9, 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 152 (Wednesday, August 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53869-53870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17075]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD235]
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 August 24, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the meeting at: <a href="https://forms.gle/QbymT8n4mYm7SP3S9">https://forms.gle/QbymT8n4mYm7SP3S9</a>. Registration will close on August 22, 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 at (301) 427-7725 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#befcccc7dfd090f5dbd2d2dbccfed0d1dfdf90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98daeae1f9f6b6d3fdf4f4fdead8f6f7f9f9b6fff7ee">[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 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
U.S. 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 August 24 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 the initial input on management
objectives and other relevant matters provided by 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
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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: August 4, 2023.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-17075 Filed 8-8-23; 8:45 am]
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