[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 96 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 27393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10646]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB101]


North Pacific Albacore United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting 
Announcement

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting to discuss North 
Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is intended as a 
follow-up to a meeting held by the International Scientific Committee 
on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean regarding a 
management strategy evaluation for NPALB. The meeting topics are 
described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on June 1, 2021, from 12 p.m. 
to 2 p.m. PDT (or until business is concluded). You must notify NMFS by 
May 24, 2021, if you plan to attend the meeting (see ADDRESSES).

ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the meeting, which will be held by 
webinar, please notify Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional Office, 
NMFS, by email at [email protected]. Instructions for attending the 
meeting will be emailed to meeting participants before the meeting 
occurs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Barroso, West Coast Region, at 
[email protected] or 562-432-1850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The International Scientific Committee on 
Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) recently 
completed a management strategy evaluation (MSE) on North Pacific 
albacore (NPALB),\1\ and the ISC Albacore Working Group hosted a 
meeting among U.S. and Canadian stakeholders from March 22-25, 2021, to 
review the results of the MSE. As a follow-up to the ISC meeting in 
March 2021, this U.S. stakeholder meeting is an opportunity for U.S. 
stakeholders to express their priorities and consider future management 
of NPALB.
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    \1\ http://isc.fra.go.jp/working_groups/albacore.html.
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NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topics

    This meeting will have an agenda that will be distributed to 
participants in advance of the meeting. The meeting agenda will 
include, but is not limited to, the following topics:
    (1) Results of the ISC NPALB MSE.
    (2) Management objectives.
    (3) Discussion of potential future harvest strategy for NPALB.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Valerie Post (see ADDRESSES) by May 24, 2021.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

    Dated: May 17, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-10646 Filed 5-19-21; 8:45 am]
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