[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 14914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07311]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG671


U.S. Stakeholder Meeting on Pacific Bluefin Tuna Long-Term 
Management Framework; Meeting Announcement

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; reschedule meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is holding a meeting to discuss the future of the U.S. 
West Coast Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF) fishery, including objectives and 
a management framework. NMFS initially scheduled this meeting for 
January 9, 2019, but due to the partial lapse in appropriations was 
unable to hold the meeting on that date. NMFS is announcing that the 
meeting has been rescheduled for May 2, 2019.

DATES: The meeting will be held May 2, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 
p.m. PST, or until business concludes.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 3300 at the Glenn M. 
Anderson Federal Building, 501 W Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, California 
90802. Please notify Celia Barroso, at [email protected] or (562) 
432-1850, by April 25, 2019, if you plan to attend. NMFS will email 
instructions and background materials for the meeting participants.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Barroso, West Coast Region, 
NMFS, at [email protected], or at (562) 432-1850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS intended to host a stakeholder meeting 
to discuss the future of the U.S. West Coast PBF fishery, including 
objectives and a management framework on January 9, 2019, (83 FR 65638, 
December 21, 2018) but due to the partial lapse in appropriations was 
unable to hold the meeting. This notice announces that the meeting has 
been rescheduled to May 2, 2019.
    Stakeholders have expressed an interest in developing management 
objectives and a long-term management framework for PBF. In September 
2018, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) recommended that 
its Highly Migratory Species Management Team develop a long-term 
management strategy for PBF (See the PFMC's ``September 2018 Summary 
Decision'' at https://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/0918_Decision_Summary_DocumentV2.pdf). During the stakeholder meeting 
rescheduled for May 2, 2019, NMFS will briefly review the current 
status of the stock and current management regime. NMFS will also 
solicit input from participants on potential management objectives, and 
strategies to achieve those objectives for the domestic PBF fishery.

PBF U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topics

    The PBF U.S. stakeholder meeting topics will include, but are not 
limited to, the following:
    (1) An overview of international management PBF and management of 
the U.S. PBF fishery;
    (2) Potential domestic management objectives; and,
    (3) Potential domestic 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, at 
[email protected] or (562) 432-1850, by April 22, 2019.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

    Dated: April 9, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-07311 Filed 4-11-19; 8:45 am]
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