[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 162 (Thursday, August 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 51417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18249]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA372]


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 Ecosystem Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will hold an online meeting to review items from the California 
Current Ecosystem Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team that may 
potentially inform future annual reports to the Pacific Council on the 
state of the California Current Ecosystem. The meeting is open to the 
public.

DATES: The SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee meeting will be held Friday, 
September 4, 2020 and will continue on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The 
September 4 meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 12 p.m. 
Pacific Daylight Time or until business for the day has been completed. 
The September 8 meeting will begin at 1 p.m. and continue until 5 p.m. 
Pacific Daylight Time or until business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC's Ecosystem Subcommittee meeting will be held 
online. 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.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Ecosystem 
Subcommittee meeting is to review items from the California Current 
Integrated Ecosystem Assessment program that may inform future annual 
reports to the Pacific Council on the state of the California Current 
Ecosystem. Specifically, the SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee will review the 
following four items (the first two on Friday, September 4 and the last 
two on Tuesday, September 8): (1) California Sea Lion Pup Growth as an 
Indicator of Forage Conditions, (2) Natural Origin Central Valley Fall 
Chinook Stock Indicator, (3) Habitat Compression Index, and (4) Port-
specific Revenue Indices. The SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee will consider 
recommending summaries of these ecosystem indicators be included in 
future state of the California Current Ecosystem reports to the Pacific 
Council.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC's Ecosystem 
Subcommittee. The SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee members' role will be 
development of recommendations and a report for consideration by the 
SSC and Pacific Council at their March 2021 meeting in Seattle, WA.
    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 
Ecosystem Subcommittee 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 (503) 820-2412 at least 10 
days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: August 17, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-18249 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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