Notice2024-20708
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
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Published
September 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will convene an online meeting to review the suitability of fish age estimates developed using Fourier Transformed Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-NIRS) for inclusion in groundfish stock assessments. The methodology review meeting is open to the public.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74216-74217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20708]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE280]
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public online meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management
Council's (Pacific Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)
will convene an online meeting to review the suitability of fish age
estimates developed using Fourier Transformed Near-Infrared
Spectroscopy (FT-NIRS) for inclusion in groundfish stock assessments.
The methodology review meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The groundfish methodology review online meeting will be held
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 and Wednesday October 2, 2024, daily from 8
a.m. until noon (Pacific daylight time) or until business for the day
has been completed.
ADDRESSES: The groundfish methodology review will be conducted as an
online meeting. Specific meeting information, including the agenda and
directions on how to join the meeting and system requirements, will be
provided in the workshop announcement on the Pacific Council's website
(see <a href="http://www.pcouncil.org">www.pcouncil.org</a>). You may send an email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#38534a514b1653545d51564b5b5055515c4c7856575959165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3358415a401d585f565a5d40505b5e5a5747735d5c52521d545c45">[email protected]</span></a>) or contact him at (503) 820-2412 for
technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer,
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2414, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b363a29373e353e75393e3737363a351b35343a3a753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3cec2d1cfc6cdc68dc1c6cfcfcec2cde3cdccc2c28dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the groundfish methodology
review meeting is aimed at evaluating FT-NIRS to provide a reliable
alternative to traditional ageing. Proponents plan to explore and
document the variability in estimated relationships between traditional
age reads and spectral data across major categorical dimensions. In
addition, the review may evaluate the effect that replacing large
blocks of traditional ages in assessments with FT-NIRS ages has on
important assessment metrics. Evaluation of the benefits of including
additional variables and the costs/implications for use of the age data
in estimating other relationships, such as growth, will be explored, as
time permits. This review is planned in preparation for the 2025
groundfish stock assessment cycle. The results of
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this review are not considered final until reviewed by the full SSC at
a future Council meeting.
No management actions will be decided by the meeting participants.
The participants' role will be development of recommendations and
reports for consideration by the SSC and the Pacific Council at a
future Council meeting.
Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action
during this meeting. Action 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 intent of the workshop
participants to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb0a9b2a8f5b0b7beb2b5a8b8b3b6b2bfaf9bb5b4babaf5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="503b2239237e3b3c35393e2333383d393424103e3f31317e373f26">[email protected]</span></a>; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 9, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-20708 Filed 9-11-24; 8:45 am]
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