[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 12596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06341]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG922


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene a Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meeting to review the 
2019 Pacific mackerel stock assessment.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, April 23, through Thursday, 
April 25, 2019. The meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. PDT on April 23 and 
8 a.m. on April 24-25. The meeting will continue until 5 p.m. each day 
or when business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Pacific Room at the NOAA 
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La 
Jolla, CA 92037-1508.
    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 primary purpose of the meeting is to 
review the 2019 stock assessment for Pacific mackerel, which will be 
used to set annual harvest specifications and management measures for 
two fishing years (July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, and July 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021). The review panel will consist of three members 
of the Pacific Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee's 
Subcommittee on Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS), and two independent 
experts. Representatives of the Council's CPS Management Team and the 
CPS Advisory Subpanel will also participate in the review as advisers.
    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

    The public listening station is physically accessible to people 
with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Dale Sweetnam, 
[email protected]) at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 28, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-06341 Filed 4-1-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P