[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 125 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 38863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13964]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA251]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council, 
Council) will hold an online meeting of its Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC) Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee to review model 
specifications regarding the Pacific sardine rebuilding plan Rebuilder 
tool. This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Wednesday, July 15, 2020 through 
Thursday, July 16, 2020. The meeting will run 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
Pacific Daylight Time each day, or until business for the day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held as an online meeting. Specific 
meeting information, including directions on how to join the meeting 
and system requirements will be provided in the meeting announcement on 
the Pacific Council's website (see www.pcouncil.org). You may send an 
email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt ([email protected]) or contact 
him at (503) 820-2412 for technical assistance.
    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 estimated biomass of Pacific sardine 
fell below the minimum stock size threshold of 50,000 metric tons, 
based on the 2019 stock assessment. The Council and NMFS are required 
to develop a rebuilding plan, which is scheduled for Council adoption 
at its September 2020 meeting. The primary purpose of the July 15-16 
SSC Subcommittee meeting is to provide review and advice on developing 
proposed rebuilding alternatives relative to the Pacific sardine 
rebuilding plan. Specific objectives will include: (1) Establishing a 
stock-recruitment relationship and associated uncertainty, (2) 
establishing Tmin, Tmax, and Bmsy, (3) setting other model parameters, 
(4) application of the rebuilder for the Council's rebuilding 
alternatives, and (5) reviewing model outputs for the development and 
analysis of alternatives. The meeting will also include discussion of 
2021 stock assessments for coastal pelagic species. Other technical 
aspects of the sardine rebuilding plan may also be considered, as 
appropriate. Members of the Council's Coastal Pelagic Species 
Management Team are responsible for developing the sardine rebuilding 
plan and are expected to be active participants in the meeting.
    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

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
([email protected]; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting date.

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

    Dated: June 24, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-13964 Filed 6-26-20; 8:45 am]
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