[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 57194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20272]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA488]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (online).

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council, 
Council) will hold an online meeting of its Coastal Pelagic Species 
Management Team (CPSMT) to discuss coastal pelagic species (CPS) stock 
assessment priorities and other CPS-related topics. This meeting is 
open to the public.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 1 
p.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, or until business for the day has 
been completed.

ADDRESSES: The 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 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CPSMT will be developing recommendations 
regarding CPS stock assessments to be conducted in 2022 and 2023 as 
guided by the Council's stock assessment prioritization process. The 
Council is scheduled to establish stock assessment priorities for 2022 
and 2023 at its November 2020 meeting. The CPSMT may discuss a proposed 
CPS Fishery Management Plan amendment to address stock categories, as 
well as topics on the Council's November 2020 agenda, including the CPS 
methodology review process and workload planning.
    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 ten days prior to 
the meeting date.

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

    Dated: September 9, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-20272 Filed 9-14-20; 8:45 am]
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