Notice2023-20033
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
September 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet October 2, 2023, through October 10, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63553-63554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20033]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD364]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings of the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council and its advisory committees. The meetings will be
held via hybrid conference.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will meet October 2, 2023, through October 10,
2023.
DATES: The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will
begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian room on Monday, October 2, 2023, and
continue through Wednesday, October 4, 2023. The Council's Advisory
Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m. in the Dilingham/Katmai room on
Tuesday, October 3, 2023, and continue through Saturday, October 7,
2023. The Council will begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian room on
Thursday, October 5, 2023, and continue through Tuesday, October 10,
2023. The Enforcement Trawl Performance Workshop will meet Monday,
October 2, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council's Conference Room; 1007 W 3rd Ave., Suite 400,
Anchorage, AK 99501-2252. All times listed are Alaska time.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a hybrid conference. The in-person
component of the meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W 3rd
Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501, or join the meeting online through the links
at <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/">https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/</a>.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W
3rd Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-
2809. Instructions for attending the meeting via web conference are
given under Connection Information, below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans, Council staff; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e6828f878887c88390878895a688898787c8818990"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d19141c131c53180b1c130e3d13121c1c531a120b">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: (907) 271-2809. For technical support,
please contact our Council administrative staff, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80eef0e6ede3aee1e4ede9eec0eeefe1e1aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0866786e656b26696c6561664866676969266f677e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Monday, October 2, 2023, Through Wednesday, October 4, 2023
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
(1) Administrative Issues including Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
funding proposal.
(2) BSAI Crab Specifications--review Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation (SAFE) report; adopt Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC)/Over
Fishing Limits (OFLs) for Bristol Bay red king crab (BBRKC), Tanner
crab, snow crab, Pribilof Island blue king crab (PIBKC); Ecosystem
Status Report; BSAI Crab Plan Team Report.
(3) BSAI/Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish--Proposed specifications;
Plan Team reports.
(4) Chum Salmon bycatch--preliminary review.
(5) BSAI Crab Program Review--review workplan.
(6) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program Review--review workplan.
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3004">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3004</a> prior to the
meeting, along with meeting materials.
In addition to providing ongoing scientific advice for fishery
management decisions, the SSC functions as the Council's primary peer
review panel for scientific information, as described by the Magnuson-
Stevens Act section 302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 2
guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peer-review process is also deemed to
satisfy the requirements of the Information Quality Act, including the
OMB Peer Review Bulletin guidelines.
Monday, October 2, 2023
Trawl Gear Performance Standard Workshop agenda:
The NPFMC will host a workshop to engage with stakeholders and
fishery participants on ways to revise the trawl gear performance
standard so that it is clear, enforceable, and meets Council
objectives. The trawl performance standard regulation prohibits the
presence of 20 or more crab above a threshold size limit, at any time,
while directed fishing for pollock using pelagic trawl gear. Variations
of the performance standard apply in both the BSAI and GOA. The agenda
is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1885">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1885</a> prior to the meeting, along
with meeting materials.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023, Through Saturday, October 7, 2023
The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:
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(1) Administrative Issues.
(2) Observer 2024 Annual Deployment Plan; PCFMAC report.
(3) Crab Facility Use Caps--Initial Review.
(4) BSAI Crab Specifications--review SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs
for BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, PIBKC; BSAI Crab Plan Team Report.
(5) BSAI/GOA Groundfish--Proposed specifications; Plan Team
reports; GOA Demersal Shelf Rockfish (DSR)/other rockfish spatial
management.
(6) Chum Salmon bycatch--preliminary review.
(7) Area 4 Vessel Use Caps--Initial Review (tentative).
(8) Bering Sea Local Knowledge/Traditional Knowledge/Subsistence
Information Protocol and Onramps--final action to approve protocol and
onramps.
(9) BSAI Crab Program Review--review workplan.
(10) IFQ Program Review--review workplan.
(11) Staff Tasking.
Thursday, October 5, 2023, Through Tuesday, October 10, 2023
The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
(1) B Reports (Executive Director including IRA funding proposal,
NMFS Management including Salmon FMP Secretarial amendment and update
on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) changes, NOAA General
Counsel (GC), Alaska Fishery Science Center (AFSC), Alaska Department
of Fish and Game (ADF&G), United States Coast Guard (USCG), United
States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), North Pacific Fisheries
Commission, North Pacific Research Board, Advisory Panel, SSC report).
(2) BSAI Crab Specifications--review SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs
for BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, PIBKC; BSAI Crab Plan Team Report.
(3) Observer 2024 Annual Deployment Plan; PCFMAC report.
(4) BSAI/GOA Groundfish--Proposed specifications; Plan Team
reports; GOA Demersal Shelf Rockfish (DSR)/other rockfish spatial
management.
(5) Chum Salmon bycatch--preliminary review.
(6) Area 4 Vessel Use Caps--Initial Review (tentative).
(7) Crab Facility Use Caps--Initial Review.
(8) Bering Sea Local Knowledge/Traditional Knowledge/Subsistence
Information Protocol and Onramps--final action to approve protocol and
onramps.
(9) BSAI Crab Program Review--review workplan.
(10) IFQ Program Review--review workplan.
(11) Staff Tasking.
Connection Information
You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or
smart phone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted
online at: <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings">https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings</a>. For
technical support, please contact our administrative staff, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a544a5c5759145b5e5753547a54555b5b145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2acb2a4afa1eca3a6afabac82acada3a3eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>.
If you are attending the meeting in-person, please refer to the
COVID avoidance protocols on our website, <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/">https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/</a>.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted
electronically through the links at <a href="https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/">https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/</a>. The Council strongly encourages written public
comment for this meeting, to avoid any potential for technical
difficulties to compromise oral testimony. The written comment period
is open from September 8, 2023, to September 29, 2023, and closes at 12
p.m. Alaska time on Friday, September 29, 2023.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings. Actions will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising
after publication of this notice 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 Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 12, 2023.
Diane M. DeJames-Daly,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-20033 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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