[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 245 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83061-83062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28073]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA692]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a week-long work session 
that is open to the public.

DATES: The GMT meeting will be held Monday, January 11 through Friday, 
January 15, 2021, from 9 a.m., Pacific Standard Time, until business 
for each day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: This 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: Mr. Todd Phillips, Pacific Council, 
(503) 820-2426.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this week-long work

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session is for the GMT to prepare for 2021 Pacific Council meetings. 
Specific agenda items will include: a detailed review of 2021/2022 
harvest specifications and management measure process, planning for the 
2023/2024 harvest specifications and management measure process, stock 
assessment and review planning, and GMT chair/vice chair elections. The 
GMT may also address groundfish management actions the Pacific Council 
has indicated on their year-at-a-glance calendar, such as: mothership 
utilization, non-trawl rockfish conservation area management changes, 
and sablefish gear switching. A detailed agenda will be available on 
the Pacific Council's website prior to the meeting.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
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 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 auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris 
Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2412 at least 10 business days prior to the 
meeting date.

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

    Dated: December 16, 2020.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-28073 Filed 12-18-20; 8:45 am]
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