Notice2024-18611
Pacific Island Fisheries; Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review; Public Meeting
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Published
August 21, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and NMFS will convene a Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review (WPSAR) of the main Hawaiian Islands Aprion virescens (locally known as uku or gray/green jobfish) stock assessment update.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67596-67597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18611]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE197]
Pacific Island Fisheries; Western Pacific Stock Assessment
Review; 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 Fishery Management Council (Council) and
NMFS will convene a Western Pacific Stock Assessment Review (WPSAR) of
the main Hawaiian Islands Aprion virescens (locally known as uku or
gray/green jobfish) stock assessment update.
DATES: The WPSAR meeting will be held September 9-10, 2024 from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST). See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
meeting dates and times and the daily agenda.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be open to the public and held at the NOAA
Honolulu Service Center at Pier 38, 1139 N. Nimitz Hwy, Suite 220,
Honolulu, HI 96817. Audio and visual portions for all of the web
conferences can be accessed at: <a href="https://wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/j.php?MTID=m984f90622bc0a35cd0ffb038eb5103a5">https://wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/j.php?MTID=m984f90622bc0a35cd0ffb038eb5103a5</a>. Webinar number: 2633 952
7361. Webinar password: ukuWPSAR0909mtg.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T. Todd Jones, Director, Pacific
Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Fisheries Research and
Monitoring Division (FRMD), telephone: (808) 725-5713, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99edf6fdfdb7f3f6f7fcead9f7f6f8f8b7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e692898282c88c89888395a688898787c8818990">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NMFS PIFSC developed a single-species
stock assessment update of the gray jobfish (uku, Aprion virescens) in
the main Hawaiian Islands. PIFSC previously conducted a stock
assessment for uku in 2020 using the Stock Synthesis (v. 3.30)
framework to integrate catch per unit effort indices, size frequency,
diver survey, and catch data into a single age-structured model. PIFSC
used this integrated model to estimate biomass and stock status
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through time, and evaluated stock status against the maximum
sustainable yield based reference points described in the Council's
Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Hawaii Archipelago. The 2024 assessment
update will provide new information to inform management, including
updates on biomass and fishing mortality relative to status
determination thresholds to inform recommendations of allowable
biological catch and annual catch limits. Consistent with National
Standard 2 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, the WPSAR Policy requires a review of the application of recent
data, on an as-needed basis, that will be used in the benchmark stock
assessment update.
Meeting Agenda for WPSAR Review
The agenda order may change, and the meeting will run as late as
necessary to complete scheduled business.
Day 1, Monday, September 9 (9 a.m.-4 p.m., HST)
1. Introductions
2. Review objectives and terms of reference
3. Presentation of stock assessment updates
4. Summary of comments and analysis during desktop phase
5. Questions to presenters
6. Public Comment
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 (9 a.m.-4 p.m., HST)
7. Panel presentation on the review results and recommendations
8. Questions to reviewers
9. Public comment
10. Closing comments and adjourn
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 FRMD, telephone: (808)
725-5713, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#44302b20206a2e2b2a2137042a2b25256a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec98838888c2868382899fac82838d8dc28b839a">[email protected]</span></a> at least 5 days prior to the meeting
date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 15, 2024.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-18611 Filed 8-20-24; 8:45 am]
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