Notice2025-02743
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings and Hearings
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Published
February 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has begun its annual preseason process to develop regulations to manage the 2025 ocean salmon fisheries off the U.S. West Coast. This notice informs the public of opportunities to provide oral and written comments on the development of the regulations.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 9896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02743]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE656]
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings and Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of opportunities to provide public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has begun its
annual preseason process to develop regulations to manage the 2025
ocean salmon fisheries off the U.S. West Coast. This notice informs the
public of opportunities to provide oral and written comments on the
development of the regulations.
DATES: Comments received electronically or in hard copy by 8 a.m.
Pacific Time, April 15, 2025, or orally no later than April 11, 2025 at
a Council meeting or public hearing will be considered in the Council's
final recommendation for the 2025 regulations and in NMFS consideration
of the Council's final recommendation. Dates when comments may be made
at public hearings are provided under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: Documents will be available from the Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR
97220-1384, and will be posted on the Council's website at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>. You may submit written comments by any one of the
following methods:
<bullet> Council e-Portal: Written comments must be submitted
electronically to Mr. Marc Gorelnik, Chair, Pacific Fishery Management
Council, via the Council's e-Portal by visiting <a href="https://pfmc.psmfc.org">https://pfmc.psmfc.org</a>.
<bullet> Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Electronic public comments
via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>
and enter NOAA-NMFS-2025-0001 in the Search box. Click on the
``Comment'' tab, complete the required fields, and enter or attach your
comments. All personal identifying information (e.g., name, address,
etc.), confidential business information, or otherwise sensitive
information submitted voluntarily by the sender will be publicly
accessible. NMFS and the Council will accept anonymous comments (enter
``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Angela Forristall, Pacific Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (503) 820-2419; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8feee1e8eae3eea1e9e0fdfde6fcfbeee3e3cfe1e0eeeea1e8e0f9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="11707f76747d703f777e6363786265707d7d517f7e70703f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>. For information on submitting comments via
the Federal e-Rulemaking portal, contact Shannon Penna, NMFS West Coast
Region, telephone: (562) 980-4239; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a39222b24242524643a2f24242b0a24252b2b642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbc8d3dad5d5d4d595cbded5d5dafbd5d4dada95dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 11, 2024, the Council announced
the schedule of reports, public meetings, and hearings for the
development of annual regulations for the ocean salmon fisheries that
start May 16, 2025, and continue through May 15, 2026, which we refer
to as the 2025 management measures (89 FR 99841; <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>)). The Council will adopt alternatives for 2025 ocean
salmon fisheries management at its meetings to be held in person March
5-11, 2025, in Vancouver, WA. Details of this meeting, including
opportunities to provide written public comments and public testimony
in-person or virtually are available on the Council's website (<a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>). On March 27, 2025 ``Preseason Report II--Proposed
Alternatives and Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 2025 Ocean Salmon
Fishery Regulations'' is scheduled to be posted on the Council's
website at <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>. The report will include a
description of the salmon management alternatives to be considered and
a summary of their biological and economic impacts.
Public hearings will be held to receive oral comments on the
proposed ocean salmon fishery management alternatives adopted by the
Council. All public hearings begin at 7 p.m. Standard Time. The public
hearing focusing on Washington will occur in person on March 24, 2025,
in Westport, WA, and the public hearing for California salmon fisheries
will occur in person on March 25, 2025, in Santa Rosa, CA. The public
hearing for Oregon will occur virtually on March 24, 2025. Actual
hearing venues and instructions for joining online hearings will be
posted on the Council's website (<a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>) in advance
of the hearing dates. A summary of oral comments received at the
hearings will be provided to the Council at its April meeting.
At its April meeting, the Council will adopt the set of management
measures it will recommend to NMFS for consideration under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This meeting
provides an additional opportunity for written public comment and
public testimony in-person or virtually. Details regarding this meeting
and comment opportunities are available on the Council's website at
<a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>.
Comments on the alternatives the Council adopts at its March 2025
meeting, and described in its Preseason Report II, may be submitted (1)
in writing or electronically as described under ADDRESSES, (2) orally
(in-person) at a public hearing, (3) orally (online or in-person) or in
writing at the Council meeting held on March 4-11, 2025, or orally
(online or in-person) at the Council meeting held on April 10-15, 2025,
which is scheduled to occur in person, in San Jose, CA. Details of
these meetings will be available on the Council's website (<a href="https://www.pcouncil.org">https://www.pcouncil.org</a>) and will be published in the Federal Register. In
order to be considered in the Council's decision on its final
recommendation for the 2025 salmon fishery management measures and in
NMFS' consideration of that final recommendation, written and
electronically submitted comments must be received by 8 a.m. Pacific
Time on April 15th. All comments received accordingly will be reviewed
and considered by the Council and NMFS.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 12, 2025.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-02743 Filed 2-18-25; 8:45 am]
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