[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 2390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00418]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA752]


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 Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Subcommittee of the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold an online meeting to advise on a 
best scientific information available (BSIA) determination by NMFS on 
the use of new stock assessments to determine management limit 
reference points and status determination criteria (SDC) for managing 
bigeye and yellowfin tunas. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC HMS Subcommittee's online meeting will be held Thursday, 
February 4, 2021 beginning at 1 p.m. PST and continuing until 5 p.m. or 
until business for the day has been completed. The meeting will 
reconvene, if needed, on February 5, 2021 beginning at 9 a.m. PST and 
continuing until 1 p.m. or until business for the day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC HMS 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 HMS Subcommittee 
meeting is to discuss new stock assessments for bigeye and yellowfin 
tunas, which use a new probabilistic framework for informing management 
decisions. Specifically, the SSC HMS Subcommittee members and NMFS 
staff will discuss recommendations for maximum fishing mortality 
threshold proxies for SDC determinations based on BSIA for these 
tropical tuna species using new probabilistic assessments, as well as 
options for using probabilistic framework assessment for HMS status 
determinations, more generally.
    The SSC HMS Subcommittee members' role will be development of 
recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC and the 
Pacific Council at the March 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 HMS 
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 auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820-2412 at least 10 
business days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: January 7, 2021.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-00418 Filed 1-11-21; 8:45 am]
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