[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 229 (Friday, November 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76028-76029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26238]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA640]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public workshops.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) is 
conducting four online workshops as part of its Fishery Ecosystem Plan 
Climate and Communities Initiative. Each workshop will have a regional 
focus (see Supplementary Information).

DATES: The online workshops will begin at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time 
and continue each day until the conclusion of business for the day. The 
online workshops will occur on the following days:

 Southern California region: Wednesday-Thursday, December 16-
17, 2020
 Northern California region: Wednesday-Thursday, January 13-14, 
2021
 Washington region: Wednesday-Thursday, January 20-21, 2021
 Oregon region: Tuesday-Wednesday, February 2-3, 2021

ADDRESSES: These workshops will be held online. Specific meeting 
information, including directions on how to join the workshops 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) 820-2280, extension 412 for technical assistance.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kit Dahl, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council is conducting a climate change 
scenario planning exercise as part of its Fishery Ecosystem Plan 
Climate and Communities Initiative. The workshops will be open to the 
public. As part of this exercise, four climate change scenarios were 
developed in January 2020. Based on these four scenarios, workshop 
participants will identify specific challenges that could be faced by 
West Coast fishing communities, regions, and participants. These 
challenges will then be used to formulate potential solutions and 
actions that the Council and other stakeholders could take to respond 
to the effects of climate change in the California Current Ecosystem. 
The results of these workshops are tentatively scheduled to be reported 
to the Council in March 2021. Participants will be invited to each 
workshop, representing a range of West Coast fishery stakeholders 
within each region.
    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.

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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: November 23, 2020.
Diane M. DeJames-Daly,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-26238 Filed 11-25-20; 8:45 am]
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