[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 65639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27644]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG670
U.S. Stakeholder Meetings on North Pacific Albacore Management
Strategy Evaluation; 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 is holding a meeting to present and solicit public input
on preliminary results of the North Pacific albacore Management
Strategy Evaluation (MSE) conducted by the International Scientific
Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific. The
meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice.
DATES: The meeting will be held February 6, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. PST, and February 7, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held concurrently in two locations: (1)
In the Pacific Conference Room (Room 300) at NMFS, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, California 92037;
and (2) Room 3400 at the Long Beach Federal Building, 501 W. Ocean
Blvd., Long Beach, California 90802. Please notify Celia Barroso (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by January 30, 2019, if you plan to
attend and whether you will be attending in person or remotely. The
meetings will also be accessible by webinar--instructions and
background materials will be emailed to meeting participants.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Barroso, West Coast Region,
NMFS, at [email protected], or at (562) 432-1850.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The International Scientific Committee for
Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) is hosting
the 4th North Pacific Albacore MSE Workshop on March 5-7, 2019, in
Yokohama, Japan. MSE is a simulation that allows stakeholders (e.g.,
industry, managers, scientists) to assess how well different management
strategies, such as harvest control rules, meet the objectives of a
fishery. The ISC will present the results of the initial North Pacific
albacore MSE at the upcoming Workshop. NMFS is hosting a meeting in
advance of the Workshop to present the preliminary results of the MSE
to U.S. stakeholders. Because ISC meetings are often held abroad, NMFS
seeks to engage in discussions on the MSE results with more
stakeholders than could possibly travel to the ISC Workshop. NMFS is
soliciting participants' input on the preliminary results of the MSE
and NMFS representatives attending the ISC workshop can then convey
information gathered at the U.S. stakeholder meeting to participants at
the ISC Workshop. The manner of public comment during the NMFS-hosted
meeting will be at the discretion of the presenters and NMFS staff.
North Pacific Albacore U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topics
The North Pacific albacore MSE topics will include, but are not
limited to, the following:
(1) An overview of the North Pacific albacore MSE; and
(2) Discussion of the results of testing the initial management
strategies.
Special Accommodations
The meeting location is physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Celia Barroso (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) by January 20, 2019.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq. and 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
Dated: December 17, 2018.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-27644 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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