[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 97 (Friday, May 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 27562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10720]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB102]


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) Salmon Subcommittee will 
meet to review the SSC's role in reviewing salmon forecast 
methodologies and other analyses informing Pacific Council decisions as 
specified in the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and 
in Council Operating Procedure (COP) 15. The SSC Salmon Subcommittee 
may also discuss how best scientific information available (BSIA) 
determinations for salmon decision-making might be structured.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Friday, June 4, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Salmon Subcommittee 
meeting will be to review the Pacific Coast Salmon FMP and COP 15 to 
evaluate the SSC's role in future methodology reviews of salmon run 
forecast methodologies and other analyses used by the Pacific Council 
in management decision-making. The SSC will seek clarification from the 
Pacific Council at its June 2021 meeting regarding their role in 
reviewing salmon run forecasts. The SSC Salmon Subcommittee may also 
discuss BSIA determinations for salmon decision-making that could 
inform SSC recommendations on the regional BSIA framework which are 
scheduled to be presented at the September 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: May 17, 2021,
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-10720 Filed 5-20-21; 8:45 am]
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