[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63255-63256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22164]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA540]


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 review proposed length-based 
assessment methods. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee's online meeting will be held 
Friday, October 23, 2020, beginning at 2 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time and 
continuing until 4 p.m. or until business for the day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee meeting will be 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.

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 review proposed length-based assessment 
methods. This is a follow-up review of stock synthesis with catch and 
length (SS-CL) and SS-CL with indices (SS-CL-Index) methods proposed by 
the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center that occurred on May 12-14, 
2020. The SSC recommended this review (see https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2020/09/agenda-item-d-4-a-supplemental-ssc-report-1-2.pdf/) 
at the November 2020 Pacific Council meeting to review several short-
term tasks, detailed in section 6 of the May 12-14 Methods Review Panel 
report (see https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2020/08/d-4-attachment-2-assessment-methodology-review-of-length-based-assessment-methods.pdf/
).
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members' role will be 
development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC 
and Pacific Council at the virtual November meeting of the Pacific 
Council.
    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

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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: October 2, 2020.
Diane M. DeJames-Daly,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-22164 Filed 10-6-20; 8:45 am]
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