Notice2024-29116
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings and Hearings
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Published
December 11, 2024
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Abstract
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) has begun its annual preseason management process for the 2025 ocean salmon fisheries. This document announces the availability of Pacific Council documents, as well as the anticipated dates and locations of upcoming Pacific Council meetings and public hearings hosted by the Pacific Council. These documents and events comprise the Pacific Council's complete schedule for determining the annual proposed and final modifications to ocean salmon fishery management measures. The agendas for the March and April 2025 Pacific Council meetings will be published in subsequent Federal Register documents prior to the actual meetings.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99841-99842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29116]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE499]
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings and Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of reports, public meetings, and
hearings.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) has
begun its annual preseason management process for the 2025 ocean salmon
fisheries. This document announces the availability of Pacific Council
documents, as well as the anticipated dates and locations of upcoming
Pacific Council meetings and public hearings hosted by the Pacific
Council. These documents and events comprise the Pacific Council's
complete schedule for determining the annual proposed and final
modifications to ocean salmon fishery management measures. The agendas
for the March and April 2025 Pacific Council meetings will be published
in subsequent Federal Register documents prior to the actual meetings.
DATES: Written comments on the salmon management alternatives must be
submitted through the Pacific Council's e-portal (<a href="https://pfmc.psmfc.org">https://pfmc.psmfc.org</a>) and received by the public comment deadline prior to
the April 2025 Council meeting. Information will be available on the
Pacific Council's website (<a href="http://www.pcouncil.org">http://www.pcouncil.org</a>) as the date for the
April Council meeting approaches.
ADDRESSES: Written documents will be available upon request from the
Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384, telephone: (503) 820-2280 (voice) or
(503) 820-2299 (fax).
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Angela Forristall, telephone:
(503) 820-2419.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tentative Schedule for Document Completion and Availability
Mid-February 2025: ``Review of 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Stock
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Document for the Pacific Coast Salmon
Fishery Management Plan'' is scheduled to be posted on the Pacific
Council website at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>.
Early March 2025: ``Preseason Report I--Stock Abundance Analysis
and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery
Regulations'' is scheduled to be posted on the Pacific Council website
at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>.
Late March 2025: ``Preseason Report II--Proposed Alternatives and
Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery
Regulations.'' The report will include a description of the adopted
salmon management alternatives and a summary of their biological and
economic impacts. The public hearings schedule will also be included on
the inside cover of the report and will be posted on the Pacific
Council website at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>.
April 24, 2025: ``Preseason Report III--Council-Adopted Management
Measures and Environmental Assessment Part 3 for 2025 Ocean Salmon
Fishery Regulations'' is scheduled to be posted on the Pacific Council
website at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>.
May 16, 2025: Federal regulations for 2025 ocean salmon regulations
are published in the Federal Register and implemented.
Meetings and Hearings
January 21-24, 2025: The Salmon Technical Team (STT) will meet for
a public work session to draft ``Review of 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries,
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Document for the Pacific Coast
Salmon Fishery Management Plan'' and to consider any other estimation
or methodology issues pertinent to the 2025 ocean salmon fisheries. The
STT may also discuss additional topics and work as time allows,
including but not limited to salmon essential fish habitat review,
salmon risk tables, or administrative matters on the Pacific Council's
March and April 2025 meetings. The meeting is scheduled to be held in-
person at the Pacific Council office located at 7700 NE Ambassador
Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220, however an online option to allow
for the STT to be briefed on ancillary items may be added to support
those particular discussions. Consult the Pacific Council's website at
<a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a> as the meeting date approaches to get the most
current information.
February 18-21, 2025: The STT will meet for a public work session
to draft ``Preseason Report I--Stock Abundance Analysis and
Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery
Regulations'' and to consider any other estimation or methodology
issues pertinent to the 2025 ocean salmon fisheries. The STT may also
discuss additional topics as time allows, including but not limited to
those identified in the description for the January 2025 STT work
session. The meeting is scheduled to be held in-person at the Pacific
Council office located at 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220. Consult the Pacific Council's website at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a> as the meeting date approaches to get the most current
information.
March 24-25, 2025: Three public hearings will be held to receive
comments on the proposed 2025 ocean salmon fishery management
alternatives adopted by the Pacific Council. Public hearings focusing
on Washington and Oregon salmon fisheries are tentatively scheduled to
occur simultaneously on March 24, and the public hearing for California
salmon fisheries is tentatively scheduled for March 25. Each public
hearing will be state-specific and begin at 7 p.m. The Washington and
California public hearings are tentatively scheduled to be held in-
person and occur in Westport, Washington and Santa Rosa, CA. The Oregon
public hearing is scheduled to be held on-line. Consult the Pacific
Council's website at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a> as the meeting date
approaches to get the most current information. A summary of oral
comments heard at the hearings will be provided to the Pacific Council
at its April meeting.
Written comments on the salmon management alternatives must be
submitted through the Pacific Council's e-portal (<a href="https://pfmc.psmfc.org">https://pfmc.psmfc.org</a>) and received by the public comment deadline which is
tentatively scheduled for 5 p.m. April 7, 2025, and prior to the start
of the April 2025 Council meeting. Verbal comments on the salmon
management alternatives are accepted during the Council meeting
consistent with the Council's April 2025 agenda dates for salmon
topics. Information
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will be available on the Pacific Council's website (<a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>) as the date for the April Council meeting approaches.
Specific meeting information, including instructions on how to join
the meeting and system requirements will be provided in meeting
announcements 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#056e776c762b6e69606c6b76666d686c6171456b6a64642b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99f2ebf0eab7f2f5fcf0f7eafaf1f4f0fdedd9f7f6f8f8b7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>) or contact him at (503) 820-2412 for
technical assistance.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the STT meeting
agendas may come before the STT for discussion, those issues may not be
the subject of formal STT action during these meetings. STT action will
be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and
to any issues arising after publication of this document requiring
emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified
of the STT's intent 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#6209100b114c090e070b0c11010a0f0b0616220c0d03034c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="49223b203a6722252c20273a2a2124202d3d0927262828672e263f">[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: December 6, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-29116 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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