Notice2025-04453
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
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Published
March 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will hold an online meeting of its Ad Hoc Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW) to discuss procedures to facilitate the development of new HMS gears and achieve the goals of the HMS Roadmap. This meeting is open to the public.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 12708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04453]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE779]
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public online meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will
hold an online meeting of its Ad Hoc Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW) to discuss procedures to
facilitate the development of new HMS gears and achieve the goals of
the HMS Roadmap. This meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The online meeting will be held Wednesday, April 23, 2025, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time, or until business for the
day has been completed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held online. Specific meeting
information, including directions on how to join the meeting and system
requirements will be provided in the meeting announcement 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#a2c9d0cbd18cc9cec7cbccd1c1cacfcbc6d6e2d2c1cdd7ccc1cbce8ccdd0c5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82e9f0ebf1ace9eee7ebecf1e1eaefebe6f6c2f2e1edf7ece1ebeeacedf0e5">[email protected]</span></a>) or contact
him at (503) 820-2412 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820-2409.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to provide
recommendations to the Pacific Council for identifying new and/or
innovative HMS fishing gears and methods. Topics will include
improvements to the HMS exempted fishing permit (EFP) process,
including potential modifications to Pacific Council Operating
Procedure 20 and acceptable levels of bycatch in HMS; potential
revisions to the draft HMS Roadmap, and consideration of a FIW Terms of
Reference. The FIW intends to develop a report for the June Advanced
Briefing Book, for Pacific Council consideration.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action
during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after
publication of this document 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 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#355e475c461b5e59505c5b46565d585c51417545565a405b565c591b5a4752"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0dbc2d9c39edbdcd5d9dec3d3d8ddd9d4c4f0c0d3dfc5ded3d9dc9edfc2d7">[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: March 13, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-04453 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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