Notice2025-04492
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
March 19, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and its advisory bodies will meet April 9-15, 2025 in San Jose, CA and via webinar. The Pacific Council meeting will be live streamed with the opportunity to provide public comment remotely. The following groups will meet in person in San Jose: Budget Committee, Habitat Committee, Salmon Technical Team, Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Enforcement Consultants, Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel, and Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team. The Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet online Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12706-12707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04492]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE782]
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and
its advisory bodies will meet April 9-15, 2025 in San Jose, CA and via
webinar. The Pacific Council meeting will be live streamed with the
opportunity to provide public comment remotely. The following groups
will meet in person in San Jose: Budget Committee, Habitat Committee,
Salmon Technical Team, Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Enforcement
Consultants, Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel, and Coastal
Pelagic Species Management Team. The Scientific and Statistical
Committee will meet online Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2025.
DATES: The Pacific Council meeting will begin on Friday, April 11,
2025, at 9 a.m. Pacific Time (PT), reconvening at 8 a.m. on Saturday,
April 12 through Tuesday, April 15, 2025. All meetings are open to the
public, except for a Closed Session held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Friday,
April 11, 2025 to address litigation and personnel matters. The Pacific
Council will meet as late as necessary each day to complete its
scheduled business.
ADDRESSES: Meetings of the Pacific Council and its advisory entities
will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Jose, 2050 Gateway
Place, San Jose, CA; telephone: (408) 453-4000. Specific meeting
information, including directions on joining the meeting, connecting to
the live stream broadcast, 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#18736a716b3673747d71766b7b7075717c6c58687b776d767b717436776a7f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="375c455e44195c5b525e5944545f5a5e5343774754584259545e5b19584550">[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: Mr. Merrick Burden, Executive
Director, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2418 or (866) 806-7204
toll-free, or access the Pacific Council website, <a href="http://www.pcouncil.org">www.pcouncil.org</a>, for
the proposed agenda and meeting briefing materials.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The April 11-15, 2025 meeting of the Pacific
Council will be streamed live on the internet. The broadcasts begin
initially at 9 a.m. PT Friday, April 11, and 8 a.m. Saturday, April 12
through Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Broadcasts end when business for the
day is complete. Only the audio portion and presentations displayed on
the screen at the Pacific Council meeting will be broadcast. The audio
portion for the public is listen-only except that an opportunity for
oral public comment will be provided prior to Council Action on each
agenda item. Additional information and instructions on joining or
listening to the meeting can be found on the Pacific Council's website
(see <a href="http://www.pcouncil.org">www.pcouncil.org</a>).
The following items are on the Pacific Council agenda, but not
necessarily in this order. Agenda items noted as ``Final Action'' refer
to actions requiring the Pacific Council to transmit a proposed fishery
management plan, proposed plan amendment, or proposed regulations to
the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, under Sections 304 or 305 of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Additional
detail on agenda items, Council action, and advisory entity meeting
times, are described in Agenda Item A.3, Proposed Council Meeting
Agenda, and will be in the advance April 2025 briefing materials and
posted on the Pacific Council website at <a href="http://www.pcouncil.org">www.pcouncil.org</a> no later than
Friday, March 28, 2025.
A. Call to Order
1. Opening Remarks
2. Roll Call
3. Agenda
4. Executive Director's Report
B. Open Comment Period
1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items
C. Cross Fishery Management Plan
1. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) Report
2. Research and Data Needs
3. Socioeconomic Framework Workplan and Update
4. Adaptive Management Workplan and Update
5. Council Operations and Priorities
D. Salmon Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. Tentative Adoption of the 2025 Management Measures for
Analysis
3. Clarify Council Direction on 2025 Management Measures
4. Methodology Review Preliminary Topic Selection
5. Review of Essential Fish Habitat--Scoping
6. Further Direction on 2025 Management
7. Further Direction on 2025 Management
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8. Final Action on 2025 Management Measures
E. Habitat Issues
1. Current Habitat Issues
F. Pacific Halibut Management
1. Incidental Catch Limits for the 2025 Salmon Troll Fishery--
Final Action
G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. Exempted Fishing Permits (EFP) for 2025-26--Final Action
3. Pacific Sardine Assessment, Harvest Specifications, and
Management Measures for 2025-26--Final Action
4. Pacific Mackerel Specifications and Management Measures for
2025-27--Final Action
5. Science and Management Priorities
H. Administrative Matters
1. Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
2. Fiscal Matters
3. Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
Advisory Body Agendas
Advisory body agendas will include discussions of relevant issues
that are on the Pacific Council agenda for this meeting and may also
include issues that may be relevant to future Pacific Council meetings.
Proposed advisory body agendas for this meeting will be available on
the Pacific Council website, <a href="http://www.pcouncil.org">www.pcouncil.org</a>, no later than the end of
the day Friday, March 28, 2025.
Schedule of Ancillary Meetings
Day 1--Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Scientific and Statistical Committee: Online
Day 2--Thursday, April 10, 2025
Scientific and Statistical Committee: Online
Habitat Committee: 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Budget Committee: 2 p.m.
Enforcement Consultants: 2 p.m.
Day 3--Friday, April 11, 2025
Habitat Committee: 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary
Day 4--Saturday, April 12, 2025
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary
Day 5--Sunday, April 13, 2025
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: Online
Day 6--Monday, April 14, 2025
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: Online
Day 7--Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action
during these meetings. 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#8ce7fee5ffa2e7e0e9e5e2ffefe4e1e5e8f8ccfcefe3f9e2efe5e0a2e3feeb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d160f140e5316111814130e1e15101419093d0d1e1208131e141153120f1a">[email protected]</span></a>; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 business
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. 2025-04492 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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