Notice2024-21866
Transboundary Management Guidance Committee and Steering Committee Meetings
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Published
September 25, 2024
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Abstract
This notice provides the proposed schedule and agenda of the October 1-2, 2024, Transboundary Management Guidance Committee (TMGC) and U.S./Canada Transboundary Resources Steering Committee meetings. The members will meet and discuss concerns regarding transboundary resources outlined in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 78288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21866]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE315]
Transboundary Management Guidance Committee and Steering
Committee Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides the proposed schedule and agenda of the
October 1-2, 2024, Transboundary Management Guidance Committee (TMGC)
and U.S./Canada Transboundary Resources Steering Committee meetings.
The members will meet and discuss concerns regarding transboundary
resources outlined in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
DATES: The TMGC meeting will be held October 1-2, 2024, and the
Steering Committee meeting will be held on October 3, 2024. Daily start
and end times are included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
ADDRESSES: The hybrid meeting is being held at the Courtyard Boston
Downtown/North Station Marriott, 107 Beverly Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02114. Space in the building is very limited, and any
members of the public looking to attend in-person should reach out to
Anjali Bhardwaj (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d796b9bdb6bbbef995bfb6a5b3a0b6bd97b9b8b6b6f9b0b8a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fbba95919a9792d5b9939a899f8c9a91bb95949a9ad59c948d">[email protected]</span></a>, 978-281-9293) for more
information. Conference call and webinar access information for the
TMGC meeting can be found here: <a href="https://www.nefmc.org/calendar/oct-1-3-2024-transboundary-management-guidance-committee-tmgc-meeting">https://www.nefmc.org/calendar/oct-1-3-2024-transboundary-management-guidance-committee-tmgc-meeting</a>.
Conference call and webinar access information for the Steering
Committee meeting is located here: <a href="https://www.nefmc.org/calendar/oct-3-2024-u-s-canada-transboundary-resources-steering-committee-meeting">https://www.nefmc.org/calendar/oct-3-2024-u-s-canada-transboundary-resources-steering-committee-meeting</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anjali Bhardwaj, Fishery Management
Specialist, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#18597672797471365a70796a7c6f79725876777979367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93d2fdf9f2fffabdd1fbf2e1f7e4f2f9d3fdfcf2f2bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>, 978-281-9293.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Agenda
The below agenda is subject to change.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 From 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
<bullet> 9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m., Introductions and Discussion of Agenda
<bullet> 9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m., Management Update
<bullet> 10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Review and Discuss Domestic Science
Information: 2024 Allocation Shares
<bullet> 10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m., 2024 Domestic Science Information:
Yellowtail Flounder
<bullet> 10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m., 2024 Domestic Science Information:
Atlantic Cod
<bullet> 11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m., Break
<bullet> 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., 2024 Domestic Science Information:
Haddock
<bullet> 12:45 p.m.-2 p.m., Lunch
<bullet> 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Discussion of Guidance for 2025 Fishing Year
<bullet> 3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m., Break
<bullet> 3:45 p.m.-5 p.m., Continued Discussion of Guidance for 2025
Fishing Year
<bullet> 5 p.m., Adjourn
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 From 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
<bullet> 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Preparation of Guidance Document for
2025 Fishing Year
<bullet> 10:45 a.m.-11 a.m., Break
<bullet> 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Preparation of Guidance Document for 2025
Fishing Year
<bullet> 12 p.m.-1 p.m., Lunch
<bullet> 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m., CY 2025 Scientific Process Discussion
<bullet> 2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m., Break
<bullet> 2:45 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Other Business
<bullet> 4:30 p.m., Adjourn
Thursday, October 3, 2024 From 8:30 a.m. to 11:55 a.m.
<bullet> 8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m., Introductory Remarks from Steering
Committee Co-Chairs
<bullet> 8:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m., Species at Risk Working Group Updates
<bullet> 9:15 a.m.-9:45 a.m., Domestic Stock Assessment Summaries
<bullet> 9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Scientific Coordination Discussion
<bullet> 10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m., TMGC Report
<bullet> 11:15 a.m.-11:35 a.m., Other Business as Needed
<bullet> 11:35 a.m.-11:55 a.m., Closing Remarks
Since the delineation of the international maritime boundary line
in 1984, also known as the Hague Line, the United States and Canada
have collaborated closely to sustainably manage shared transboundary
fisheries resources, including Eastern Georges Bank cod, Eastern
Georges Bank haddock, and Georges Bank yellowtail flounder stocks. In
2000, the TMGC was established to provide guidance to both countries on
the management and shared catch advice for these transboundary fish
stocks. The arrangement also allows for collaboration and the
opportunity to provide feedback on domestic scientific processes while
also coordinating research and enforcement activities.
Representatives from NOAA Fisheries and the New England Fishery
Management Council serve on the U.S. delegation to the TMGC to
recommend shared catch advice annually. Catch advice is based on the
best scientific information available and an agreed upon resource
sharing allocation formula that considers historical proportions of
fishery landings by U.S. and Canadian fishermen, as well as resource
distribution based on trawl surveys. The 2023 Transboundary Management
Committee Guidance Document, which summarizes last year's meeting, can
be located online at <a href="https://www.nefmc.org/calendar/sep-11-12-2023-transboundary-management-guidance-committee-tmgc-meeting">https://www.nefmc.org/calendar/sep-11-12-2023-transboundary-management-guidance-committee-tmgc-meeting</a>.
Dated: September 19, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-21866 Filed 9-24-24; 8:45 am]
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