Notice2025-16393
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
August 27, 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 September 17-24, 2025 in Spokane, Washington 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 Spokane: Pacific Council, Scientific and Statistical Committee's Groundfish Subcommittee, Scientific and Statistical Committee, and Budget Committee. The following groups will meet online: Groundfish Management Team, Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, and Enforcement Consultants.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41820-41821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16393]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF139]
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 September 17-24, 2025 in Spokane,
Washington 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 Spokane: Pacific Council,
Scientific and Statistical Committee's Groundfish Subcommittee,
Scientific and Statistical Committee, and Budget Committee. The
following groups will meet online: Groundfish Management Team,
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, and Enforcement Consultants.
DATES: The Pacific Council meeting will begin on Sunday, September 21,
2025, at 9 a.m. Pacific Time (PT), reconvening at 8 a.m. on Monday,
September 22 through Wednesday, September 24, 2025. All meetings are
open to the public, except for a Closed Session held from 8 a.m. to 9
a.m., Sunday, September 21, 2025 to address litigation and personnel
matters. The Pacific Council will meet as late as necessary each day to
complete its scheduled business. Advisory Body meetings begin online on
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 as outlined in the schedule of ancillary
meetings below.
ADDRESSES: Meetings of the Pacific Council and its advisory entities
will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Spokane City Center, 322 North
Spokane Falls Court, Spokane, WA 99201; Telephone: 509-455-9600.
Specific meeting information, including directions to join 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#bdd6cfd4ce93d6d1d8d4d3ceded5d0d4d9c9fdcdded2c8d3ded4d193d2cfda"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="28435a415b0643444d41465b4b4045414c5c68584b475d464b414406475a4f">[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 September 21-24, 2025 meeting of the
Pacific Council will be streamed live on the internet. The broadcasts
begin initially at 9 a.m. PT Sunday, September 21, 2025 and 8 a.m.
Monday, September 22, 2025 through Wednesday, September 24, 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
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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.4, Proposed Council Meeting
Agenda, and will be in the advance September 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, August 29, 2025.
A. Call to Order
1. Opening Remarks
2. New Council Member Appointments
3. Roll Call
4. Agenda
5. Executive Director's Report
B. Open Comment Period
1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items
C. Habitat Issues
1. Current Habitat Issues
D. Highly Migratory Species Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. International Management Activities
E. Pacific Halibut Management
1. 2026 Commercial and Recreational Catch Sharing Plan and Annual
Regulations--Preliminary
F. Salmon Management
1. Methodology Review--Final Topic Selection
G. Groundfish Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. Phase 2 Stock Definitions--Final Action
3. Adopt Stock Assessments
4. Stock Assessment Methodology Topic Selection--Final Topics
5. Trawl Catch Share Program Review--Preliminary
6. Initial Harvest Specifications and Management Measures Actions
for 2027-28
7. Inseason Adjustments--Final Action
H. Cross Fishery Management Plan
1. Adaptive Management and Flexibility--Scoping
2. Council Response to Executive Orders and Administration Updates
I. Administrative Matters
1. Fiscal Matters
2. Approve Council Meeting Records
3. Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
4. 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, August 29, 2025.
Schedule of Ancillary Meetings
Day 1--Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Day 2--Thursday, September 18, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee Groundfish Subcommittee: 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee: 1 p.m.
Day 3--Friday, September 19, 2025
Scientific and Statistical Committee: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: 2 p.m.
Day 4--Saturday, September 20, 2025
Scientific and Statistical Committee: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Budget Committee: 9 a.m.
Groundfish Assessment Presentation: 1 p.m.
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary
Day 5--Sunday, September 21, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary
Day 6--Monday, September 22, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: As Necessary
Groundfish Management Team: As Necessary
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary
Day 7--Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: As Necessary
Groundfish Management Team: As Necessary
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary
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#dbb0a9b2a8f5b0b7beb2b5a8b8b3b6b2bfaf9babb8b4aeb5b8b2b7f5b4a9bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="412a3328326f2a2d24282f3222292c2825350131222e342f22282d6f2e3326">[email protected]</span></a>; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 business
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 25, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-16393 Filed 8-26-25; 8:45 am]
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