[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 5634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01874]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA026]


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 
2020 Pacific sardine stock assessment.

DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, February 24, 2020 through 
Thursday, February 27, 2020. The meeting will start at 1 p.m. Pacific 
Standard Time on February 24, and 8:30 a.m. on each subsequent day. The 
meeting will continue until 5 p.m. each day or when business for the 
day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: 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 2020 benchmark stock assessment for Pacific sardine, which 
will be used to set annual harvest specifications and management 
measures for the fishing year beginning 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 Pacific Council's CPS Management Team and the 
CPS Advisory Subpanel will also participate in the review as advisers.
    As a courtesy, the meeting will be broadcast via Webex in listen-
only mode. Login information will be available in advance of the 
meeting on the Pacific Council website or by contacting Kerry Griffin 
([email protected]; (503) 820-2409).
    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.

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

    Dated: January 28, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-01874 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P