Notice2026-06533
North Pacific Swordfish United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting Announcement
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Published
April 3, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting to discuss North Pacific swordfish (NP SWO) management. This meeting is intended to gather stakeholder input and prepare for potential discussions at the 2026 annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee (WCPFC NC) related to management of NP SWO fisheries. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16899-16900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06533]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF650]
North Pacific Swordfish 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 swordfish (NP SWO) management. This meeting is intended to
gather stakeholder input and prepare for potential discussions at the
2026 annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission Northern Committee (WCPFC NC) related to management of NP
SWO fisheries. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on April 22, 2026, from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. HST. You must complete the registration process by April 15,
2026, 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/GxM2uPBnAnq9hRhT7">https://forms.gle/GxM2uPBnAnq9hRhT7</a>.
Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting
participants before the meeting occurs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional
Office at (808) 725-5034 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89ffe8e5ecfbe0eca7f9e6fafdc9e7e6e8e8a7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e096818c85928985ce908f9394a08e8f8181ce878f96">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2025, the WCPFC NC agreed to initiate a
management strategy evaluation (MSE) for NP SWO, and tasked itself to
discuss candidate operational management objectives for western and
central NP SWO in 2026 as well as tasked the International Scientific
Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean to
begin technical work on an MSE for NP SWO. This stakeholder meeting is
intended to provide information on the MSE process, gather stakeholder
input about options for MSE objectives, and prepare for anticipated
discussions at the WCPFC NC in 2026.
NP SWO 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
preferences for management objectives for NP SWO, metrics to measure
how potential future harvest strategies for NP SWO meet those
objectives, candidate reference points and candidate harvest control
rules.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be indicated when registering for
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the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by April 15, 2026.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
Dated: March 31, 2026.
David R. Blankinship,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2026-06533 Filed 4-2-26; 8:45 am]
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