[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83900-83901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28295]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA728]


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 Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) and HMS Management 
Team (HMSMT) will conduct online meetings, which are open to the 
public.

DATES: The HMSMT will hold an online meeting on Friday, January 15, 
2021, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Pacific Time. The HMSMT and HMSAS will 
meet jointly from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., or until business is 
completed, on the same day.

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) 820-2280, 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 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
is seeking clarifications on the Pacific Council's September 2019 
proposal to authorize deep-set buoy gear and specifically criteria the 
Pacific Council identified for individuals to receive a permit under 
the proposed limited entry permit program to use the gear in the 
Southern California Bight. The HMSMT will first meet to discuss

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options for Pacific Council consideration in drafting its 
clarifications for NMFS. The HMSMT will then discuss these options to 
the HMSAS. Based on that discussion, the HMSMT will report to the 
Pacific Council at its March 2021 meeting on its recommendations. The 
HMSAS may also comment to the Pacific Council on the HMSMT 
recommendations at that time. The HMSMT and HMSAS may also discuss 
other relevant items scheduled on the Pacific Council's March 2021 
meeting agenda, time permitting.
    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 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. 2020-28295 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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