[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23948-23949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09503]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB062]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public online meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee's (SSC's) Economics and Groundfish 
Subcommittees will meet to review a new Quota Share Owners' Cost Survey 
to inform decisions on the west coast limited entry trawl catch shares 
program and to do some initial planning on an upcoming review of the 
limited entry fixed gear sablefish program.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Wednesday, May 26, 2021, from 9 
a.m.to 1 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time.

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) 820-2412 for technical assistance.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Economics and 
Groundfish Subcommittees' meeting will be to review a new Quota Shares 
Owners' Cost Survey proposed by the Northwest Fisheries Science Center 
to inform future management decisions on the west coast limited entry 
trawl catch shares program. The SSC Economics and Groundfish 
Subcommittees will also work with Pacific Council staff to plan the 
upcoming review of the limited entry fixed gear sablefish program. The 
SSC Economics and Groundfish Subcommittees' reports are scheduled to be 
presented to the full SSC and the Pacific Council at the June 2021 
Pacific Council meeting.
    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: April 30, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-09503 Filed 5-4-21; 8:45 am]
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