Notice2023-28873
Pacific Island Fisheries; Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review Steering Committee Meeting; Public Meeting
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Published
January 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review (WPSAR) Steering Committee will convene a public meeting to discuss and approve the 5- year calendar for stock assessments, and to address any other concerns related to the WPSAR process.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28873]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD627]
Pacific Island Fisheries; Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review
Steering Committee Meeting; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review (WPSAR) Steering
Committee will convene a public meeting to discuss and approve the 5-
year calendar for stock assessments, and to address any other concerns
related to the WPSAR process.
DATES: The Steering Committee will meet from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Hawaii standard time on January 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be open to the public and held in-person
at the NMFS Honolulu Service Center at Pier 38, 1129 N Nimitz Hwy.,
Suite 220, Honolulu, HI 96817.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Jones, (808) 725-5713, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b2f343f3f753134353e281b35343a3a753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1a5beb5b5ffbbbebfb4a291bfbeb0b0ffb6bea7">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The WPSAR steering committee consists of
the Executive Director of the Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council, the Science Director of the NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries
Science Center (PIFSC), and the Acting Regional Administrator of the
NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office. You may read more about WPSAR at
<a href="https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/peer_reviews/wpsar/index.php">https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/peer_reviews/wpsar/index.php</a>.
The public will have an opportunity to comment during the meeting.
The agenda order may change. The meeting will run as late as necessary
to complete scheduled business.
Meeting Agenda
1. Introductions
2. Stock assessments
a. Discuss and update stock assessment review schedule
b. Discuss and update review levels for stock assessments
3. Discuss and nominate additional science products for review by the
Center for Independent Experts, if necessary
4. Finalizing the updates to the WPSAR Framework
a. Incorporation of Research Track Assessment
5. Other business
6. Public comment
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Please direct requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids to T. Todd Jones, Director, PIFSC Fisheries Research and
Management Division, telephone: (808) 725-5713, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4908b8080ca8e8b8a8197a48a8b8585ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2b6ada6a6eca8adaca7b182acada3a3eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 27, 2023.
Jon William Bell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-28873 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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