Notice2023-25359
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
November 16, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet in Anchorage, AK.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 220 (Thursday, November 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78725-78726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25359]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD531]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of hybrid conference. Meetings of the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council and its advisory committees.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will meet in Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meetings will be held December 4, 2023 through December 12,
2023.
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#a8ccc1c9c6c986cddec9c6dbe8c6c7c9c986cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8ccc1c9c6c986cddec9c6dbe8c6c7c9c986cfc7de">[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#0f617f69626c216e6b6266614f61606e6e21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d534d5b505e135c595054537d53525c5c135a524b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council's Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian room on Monday,
December 4, 2023, and continue through Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The
Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m. in the Dilingham/
Katmai room on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, and continue through Friday,
December 8, 2023. The Council will begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian room
on Thursday, December 7, 2023, and continue through Tuesday, December
12, 2023. The Finance Committee is a closed session and will meet
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; the Council
Executive Session is a closed session and will meet on Wednesday,
December 6, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; both will meet at the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council's offices; 1007 W 3rd Ave, Suite
400, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252. The Charter Halibut Management Committee
will meet Wednesday, December 6, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 12 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.
Agenda
Monday, December 4, 2023, Through Wednesday, December 6, 2023
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
(1) Administrative Issues including Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
funding workplan
(2) Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Groundfish specifications--
review Bering Sea (BS) and Aleutian Islands (AI) Ecosystem Status
Reports (ESR); Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report;
adopt Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) and Over Fishing Limits (OFLs);
Joint Groundfish Plan Team report; BSAI Groundfish Plan Team Report
(3) Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish specifications;--GOA ESR Report;
SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs; GOA Plan Team report
(4) BS Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Climate Change Taskforce (CCTF)--
review workplan and report
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3020">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3020</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.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Through Friday, December 8, 2023
The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:
(1) Administrative Issues
(2) Crab C Share recent participation requirement--Final Action
(3) Crab Facility Use Caps--Final Action
(4) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
amendments--Initial/final action
(5) Crab FMP housekeeping amendment--Initial/final action
(6) GOA Tanner Crab protections--review discussion paper
(7) BS FEP CCTF Taskforce--review workplan and report
(8) BSAI Groundfish specifications--review BS and AI Ecosystem Status
Reports; SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs; Joint Groundfish Plan Teams
report; BSAI Groundfish Plan Team Report
(9) GOA Groundfish specifications;--GOA ESR Report; SAFE report; adopt
ABC/OFLs; GOA Plan Team report
(10) 2024 Charter Halibut Management Measures--Final action; committee
report
(11) Staff Tasking
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
The Charter Halibut Committee agenda will include: (a) 2024
management measures; (b) scheduling for a future tasking meeting; and
(c) other business.
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3022">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3022</a> prior to the
meeting, along with meeting materials.
Thursday, December 7, 2023, Through Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
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(1) B Reports (Executive Director including CCC update, IRA funding
workplan, GOA Pacific cod allocation review, industry reports on 2023
crab avoidance; NMFS Management including Cook Inlet Salmon Secretarial
FMP amendment, Final Observer Deployment Plan, year-end in-season
management report, Aquaculture Opportunity Areas Request for
Information; NOAA General Counsel (GC), NOAA Enforcement; Alaska
Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G); United States Coast Guard (USCG);
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); Advisory Panel and SSC
report)
(2) Crab C Share recent participation requirement--Final Action
(3) Crab Facility Use Caps--Final Action
(4) BSAI Groundfish specifications--review BS and AI Ecosystem Status
Reports; SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs; Joint Groundfish Plan Teams
report; BSAI Groundfish Plan Team Report Chum Salmon bycatch--
preliminary review
(5) GOA Groundfish specifications;--GOA ESR Report; SAFE report; adopt
ABC/OFLs; GOA Plan Team report
(6) EFH FMP amendments--Initial/final action
(7) Crab FMP housekeeping amendment--Initial/final action
(8) 2024 Charter Halibut Management Measures--Final action; committee
report
(9) GOA Tanner Crab protections--review discussion paper
(10) BS FEP CCTF Taskforce--review workplan and report
(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#335d43555e501d52575e5a5d735d5c52521d545c45"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="375947515a541956535a5e59775958565619505841">[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 November 10, 2023, to December 1, 2023, and closes at 12
p.m. Alaska Time on Friday, December 1, 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 this meeting. 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: November 13, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-25359 Filed 11-15-23; 8:45 am]
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