Notice2024-31557
North Pacific Albacore United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting Announcement
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Published
January 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting to discuss North Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2025 annual meetings of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee (WCPFC NC) related to the results of the Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) for NPALB fisheries. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31557]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE570]
North Pacific Albacore United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting
Announcement
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting to discuss North
Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is intended to
prepare for potential discussions at the 2025 annual meetings of the
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and Western and Central
Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee (WCPFC NC) related to
the results of the Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) for NPALB
fisheries. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on February 20, 2025, from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. PST (11 a.m.-2 p.m. HST). You must complete the
registration process by February 13, 2025, if you plan to attend the
meeting (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the meeting, which will be held by
webinar, please register at <a href="https://forms.gle/7hDuYGSCtJbnHedS9">https://forms.gle/7hDuYGSCtJbnHedS9</a>.
Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting
participants before the meeting occurs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Reynolds, Pacific Islands
Regional Office, tel. 808-725-5039 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fe9b93979287d08c9b879091929a8dbe90919f9fd0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="492c24202530673b2c302726252d3a0927262828672e263f">[email protected]</span></a> or Tyler
Lawson, West Coast Region Office, tel. 503-230-5421 at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0c4c9dcd5c29edcd1c7c3dfdef0dedfd1d19ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45313c2920376b292432362a2b052b2a24246b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2024, the WCPFC NC and IATTC requested
the International Scientific Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in
the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) provide recommendations to relate fishing
intensity to catch and/or effort. Additionally, the ISC's Albacore
Working Group developed criteria for identifying exceptional
circumstances for the NPALB MSE. This stakeholder meeting is intended
to discuss these items as well as to prepare for anticipated
discussions at the IATTC and WCPFC NC in 2025. For more information on
fishing intensity recommendations and identifying exceptional
circumstances, please see the ISC24 Plenary Report: <a href="https://isc.fra.go.jp/pdf/ISC24/ISC24_Plenary_Report_r1.pdf">https://isc.fra.go.jp/pdf/ISC24/ISC24_Plenary_Report_r1.pdf</a>.
NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topics
The meeting agenda will be distributed to participants in advance
of the meeting. The meeting agenda will include a discussion on
translating fishing intensity into catch and/or effort limits for
NPALB, identifying exceptional circumstances for the NPALB MSE, and
logbook updates.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by
February 13, 2025.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
Dated: December 30, 2024.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-31557 Filed 1-2-25; 8:45 am]
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