Notice2024-20823
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
September 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet September 30, 2024 through October 8, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74924-74926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20823]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0048-XE284]
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.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will meet September 30, 2024 through October 8,
2024.
DATES: The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will
begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, September 30, 2024, and continue through
Wednesday, October 2, 2024. The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will
begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, and continue through
Friday, October 4, 2024. The Council will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday,
October 3, 2024, and continue through Tuesday, October 8, 2024. The
Legislative Committee will meet Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 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 Egan Center, 555 W 5th
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#36525f575857185340575845765859575718515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fd99949c939cd3988b9c938ebd93929c9cd39a928b">[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#137d63757e703d72777e7a7d537d7c72723d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcd2ccdad1df92ddd8d1d5d2fcd2d3dddd92dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Monday, September 30, 2024 Through Wednesday, October 2, 2024
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
1. Administrative Issues
2. Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (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, St. Matthew Blue King Crab
(SMBKC); Ecosystem Status Report; BSAI Crab Plan Team Report
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3. Groundfish harvest specifications: (a) BSAI Groundfish--Proposed
specifications, Joint and BSAI Plan Team reports; (b) Gulf of Alaska
(GOA) Groundfish--Proposed specifications, GOA Plan Team report; (c)
Ecological and Socioeconomic Profile (ESP) updates for sablefish
4. Crew data collection--Initial review
5. Climate funding: review: (a) Climate Scenario Workshop Report, (b)
Climate science and harvest specifications adjustments discussion
paper/SCS8 report
6. IFQ Program Review Report--review (T)
7. AFSC Report (T)
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3054">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3054</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.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Legislative Committee Agenda:
The Legislative Committee agenda will include approval of a terms
of reference, a review of recently introduced federal legislation
regarding fisheries management, and an evaluation of potential impacts
of legislation on the Council's ability to perform the functions
specified in its grant, fulfill its responsibilities under the MSA, or
affect the Council's ability to conserve and manage marine resources
and resource users. The agenda is subject to change, and the latest
version will be posted at <a href="https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3052">https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3052</a> prior to the meeting, along with meeting materials.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Through Friday, October 4, 2024
The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:
1. Administrative Issues
2. Crew data collection--Initial review
3. BSAI Crab Specifications--review SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs for
BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, SMBKC; Ecosystem Status Report; BSAI
Crab Plan Team Report
4. Pelagic trawl gear definition--Initial review
5. Observer 2025 Annual Deployment Plan--Review; Partial Coverage
Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee (PCFMAC) report
6. Observer availability discussion paper--review, Fishery Monitoring
Advisory Committee (FMAC) report
7. Groundfish harvest specifications: (a) BSAI Groundfish--Proposed
specifications, Joint and BSAI Plan Team reports; (b) GOA Groundfish--
Proposed specifications, GOA Plan Team report; (c) Discard Mortality
Rate (DMR) Working Group report on marine mammal interactions; (d) GOA
rockfish spatial management--Discussion
8. Climate funding: review (a) Climate Scenario Workshop Report, (b)
Climate science and harvest specifications adjustments discussion
paper/SCS8 report BSAI Crab Program Review--review workplan
9. Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program Review Report--review, IFQ
Committee report
10. Staff Tasking
Thursday, October 3, 2024 Through Tuesday, October 8, 2024
The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
1. Swear in new members, election of officers
2. B Reports (Executive Director including Legislative Committee
report, NMFS Management (including consultation on an exempted fishing
permit for adjusting the pelagic trawl footrope), 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), Advisory Panel, SSC report)
3. BSAI Crab Specifications--review SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs for
BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, SMBKC; Ecosystem Status Report; BSAI
Crab Plan Team Report
4. Recreational Quota Entity implementation--approve proposed
modifications to fee collection process
5. Groundfish harvest specifications: (a) BSAI Groundfish--Proposed
specifications, Joint and BSAI Plan Team reports; (b) GOA Groundfish--
Proposed specifications, GOA Plan Team report; (c) DMR Working Group
report on marine mammal interactions; (d) GOA rockfish spatial
management--Discussion paper
6. Observer 2025 Annual Deployment Plan--Review; PCFMAC report
7. Observer availability discussion paper--review, FMAC report
8. C5 Crew data collection--Initial review
9. Pelagic trawl gear definition--Initial review
10. Climate funding: review (a) Climate Scenario Workshop Report, (b)
Climate science and harvest specifications adjustments discussion
paper/SCS8 report
11. IFQ Program Review Report--review, IFQ Committee report
12. Staff Tasking (including programmatic/chum bycatch engagement
discussion)
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#c2acb2a4afa1eca3a6afabac82acada3a3eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aac4daccc7c984cbcec7c3c4eac4c5cbcb84cdc5dc">[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 9, 2024 to September 27, 2024, and closes at 12
p.m. Alaska Time on Friday, September 27, 2024.
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.
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Dated: September 10, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-20823 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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