[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 83896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28293]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA732]


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 consult with the NMFS California 
Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA) team on how COVID-19 
impacts may affect its annual Ecosystem Status Report to the Pacific 
Council. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee's online meeting will be held 
Tuesday, January 12, 2021, beginning at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time 
and continuing until 1 p.m. or until business for the day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC Ecosystem 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 Ecosystem 
Subcommittee meeting is to discuss impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic 
with the CCIEA team and how such impacts might affect its annual 
Ecosystem Status Report to the Pacific Council. The topics to be 
discussed are:
     Adjustments to forage time series analyses to ensure 
consistency with previous years' data;
     Environmental driver: Biological response thresholds 
analysis; and
     Groundfish distribution, port availability shifts, and 
impacts to catch portfolios.
    The SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee members' role will be development of 
recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC and the 
Pacific Council at the March 2021 Pacific Council meeting.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
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 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: December 17, 2020.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-28293 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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