[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9910-9911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03193]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA875]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of the Pacific Pelagic Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Plan 
Team (PT) to discuss fishery management issues and develop 
recommendations to the Council for future management of pelagic 
fisheries in the Western Pacific region.

DATES: The Pelagic PT will be held on March 3-4, 2021. For specific 
times and agendas, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by web conference. Audio and visual 
portions of the web conference can be

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accessed at: https://wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/onstage/g.php?MTID=e53c7bdfe796d5380156b9f81841ef272. Event number (if 
prompted): 177 544 7443. Event password (if prompted): PePT2021. Web 
conference access information will also be posted on the Council's 
website at www.wpcouncil.org. For assistance with the web conference 
connection, contact the Council office at (808) 522-8220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director, 
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (808) 522-8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pelagic PT meeting will be held on March 
3-4, 2021, and run each day from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time 
(HST) (12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Samoa Standard Time (SST); 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 
March 4-5, 2021, Chamorro Standard Time (ChST)). Public comment periods 
will be provided in the agenda. The order in which agenda items are 
addressed may change. The meetings will run as late as necessary to 
complete scheduled business.

Agenda for the Pelagic Plan Team Meeting

Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. HST (12 p.m. to 4 p.m. SST; 
Thursday, March 4, 2021, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ChST)

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Oceanic Whitetip Working Group Report
    A. Monte Carlo Analyses of Longline Mitigation Measures
    B. Working Group Report and Options Document to Address MSA 304(i) 
Obligations
4. Regulatory Amendment for Removal of Wire Leaders in Hawaii Deep-set 
Longline Fishery
5. Plan Team Discussion
6. Public Comment

Thursday, March 4, 2021, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. HST (12 p.m. to 4 p.m. SST; 
Friday, March 5, 2021, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ChST)

7. Seabird Mitigation Measures for the Hawaii Longline Fisheries: 
Options for the Shallow-set Fishery and Tori Line Specifications for 
the Deep-set Fishery
8. North Pacific Striped Marlin Annual Catch Limits
9. Public Comment
10. Pelagic Plan Team Discussion and Recommendations
11. Other Business

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522-8220 
(voice) or (808) 522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting 
date.

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

    Dated: February 11, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-03193 Filed 2-16-21; 8:45 am]
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