[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 36890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16143]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV008


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (webinar).

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SUMMARY: The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will hold a meeting to review new benchmark and update 
assessments and catch-only update assessment projections to inform new 
2021 and 2022 groundfish harvest specifications. The meeting is open to 
the public.

DATES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee webinar will be held Tuesday, 
August 20 and Wednesday, August 21, 2019, beginning at 8:30 a.m. each 
day and continuing until 5:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time or until 
business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee meeting will be an in-
person meeting and will also be held by webinar. The SSC's Groundfish 
Subcommittee meeting will be held in the Auditorium at the National 
Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 
Montlake Blvd. E, Seattle, WA 98111; telephone: (206) 860-3200. To 
attend the webinar, visit: https://nwfscfram.webex.com/nwfscfram. Enter 
the Webinar Access Code, which is 626 668 260, and your name and email 
address (required). After logging into the webinar, dial the TOLL 
number (not a toll-free number) 1-650-479-3208 or connect audio using 
the computer. Technical Information and System Requirements: PC-based 
attendees are required to use Windows[supreg] 7 or newer; Mac[supreg]-
based attendees are required to use Mac OS[supreg] X 10.10 or newer. 
Webex supports all major iPhone[supreg], iPad[supreg], 
AndroidTM phone or Android tablet OS 4.3 or newer (See webex 
system requirements: https://help.webex.com/en-us/nki3xrq/Webex-Meetings-Suite-System-Requirements#reference_91D7DC41368764B9E37B8593ED86A11C). You may send 
an email to Dr. Owen Hamel at [email protected] or contact him at 
(206) 860-3481 for technical assistance.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee meeting is to review groundfish stock assessments and 
catch-only updates that will inform management decisions for 2021 and 
beyond. Specifically, the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee will review new 
benchmark assessments and Stock Assessment Review panel reports for 
cabezon, longnose skate, big skate, sablefish, cowcod, and gopher/
black-and-yellow rockfish; as well as new update assessments for 
petrale sole and widow rockfish. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee will 
also review catch-only update projections for black rockfish, blackgill 
rockfish, brown rockfish, California blue/deacon rockfish north of Pt. 
Conception, canary rockfish, China rockfish, darkblotched rockfish, 
Dover sole, lingcod, longspine thornyhead, rougheye/blackspotted 
rockfish, shortspine thornyhead, and yelloweye rockfish.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC's Groundfish 
Subcommittee. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members' role will be 
development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC 
and Pacific Council at the September meeting in Boise, ID.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during these meetings. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after 
publication of this notice 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 of the SSC 
Groundfish Subcommittee to take final action to address the emergency.
    Visitors who are foreign nationals (defined as a person who is not 
a citizen or national of the United States) will require additional 
security clearance to access the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science 
Center. Foreign national visitors should contact Ms. Stacey Miller at 
(541) 867-0535 at least two weeks prior to the meeting date to initiate 
the security clearance process.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt, (503) 820-
2411, at least 10 business days prior to the meeting date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: July 25, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-16143 Filed 7-29-19; 8:45 am]
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