[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 158 (Friday, August 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49638-49639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17870]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA374]


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 Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will hold an online meeting to plan a later methodology review of 
elasmobranch harvest control rules and management reference points. The 
meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee online meeting will be held 
Wednesday, September 2, 2020 and will begin at 1:30 p.m. and continue 
until 3:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time or until business for the day has 
been completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee meeting will be held 
online. Specific meeting information, including directions on how to 
join the

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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.

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 plan for a later methodology review of 
harvest control rules (HCRs) and management reference points for 
managing West Coast elasmobranch species in the Pacific Council 
process. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee will plan the timing of the 
subsequent methodology review and the analyses needed to evaluate HCRs 
and management reference points to be used in deciding elasmobranch 
harvest specifications beginning in 2023.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC's Groundfish 
Subcommittee. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members' role will be 
development of a plan for a subsequent methodology review of 
elasmobranch HCRs and management reference points and a report for 
consideration by the SSC and Pacific Council at their September and/or 
November 2020 meetings.
    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.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820-2412 at least 10 
days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: August 11, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-17870 Filed 8-13-20; 8:45 am]
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