[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 72 (Friday, April 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 20118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07872]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA983]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public online meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene three Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panels this year to review 
new stock assessments for Dover sole, spiny dogfish, lingcod, and 
vermilion and sunset rockfishes. These STAR Panel meetings are open to 
the public.

DATES: The STAR Panel meeting (STAR Panel 1) to review new assessments 
for Dover sole and spiny dogfish will be held Monday, May 3, 2021 
through Friday, May 7, 2021, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight 
Time (PDT) and ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or when business for the 
day has been completed.
    The STAR Panel meeting (STAR Panel 2) to review new assessments for 
lingcod will be held Monday, July 12, 2021 through Friday, July 16, 
2021, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or when 
business for the day has been completed.
    The STAR Panel meeting (STAR Panel 3) to review a new assessment 
for vermilion and sunset rockfishes will be held Monday, July 26, 2021 
through Friday, July 30, 2021, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 
5:30 p.m. each day, or when business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The Groundfish STAR panel meetings will be online meetings. 
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: Dr. Andi Stephens, NMFS Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (541) 867-0535; or Mr. John 
DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: 
(503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the STAR Panels is to review 
draft 2021 stock assessment documents and any other pertinent 
information for new benchmark stock assessments for Dover sole, spiny 
dogfish, lingcod (it is anticipated there will be 2 assessments of West 
Coast lingcod subpopulations delineated at 40[deg]10' N lat.), and 
vermilion and sunset rockfishes (it is anticipated this will be a 
single assessment of vermilion rockfish and sunset rockfish in 
combination); work with the Stock Assessment Teams to make necessary 
revisions; and produce STAR Panel reports for use by the Pacific 
Council family and other interested persons for developing management 
recommendations for fisheries in 2021 and beyond. No management actions 
will be decided by the STAR Panels. The STAR Panel participants' role 
will be development of recommendations and reports for consideration by 
the Pacific Council at its virtual June meeting (for Dover sole and 
spiny dogfish) and its September meeting (for lingcod and vermilion and 
sunset rockfishes) tentatively scheduled in Spokane, WA.
    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 STAR Panels 
to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: April 13, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-07872 Filed 4-15-21; 8:45 am]
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