[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 51126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19791]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB414]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will hold an online meeting to review requested analyses 
exploring scale uncertainty in the new spiny dogfish stock assessment 
and rebuilding analyses for copper rockfish and quillback rockfish in 
California.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and Thursday, 
September 30, 2021, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., PDT.

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 SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee will 
review further analyses for a new assessment of spiny dogfish as 
requested by the Pacific Council at their June 2021 meeting. The SSC 
Groundfish Subcommittee will also review new rebuilding analyses for 
copper rockfish in California south of Pt. Conception and quillback 
rockfish in California. These actions were recommended by the SSC 
Groundfish Subcommittee at their August 17, 2021 review of these 
assessments and follows the procedures outlined in the Pacific 
Council's Terms of Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic 
Species Stock Assessment Review Process for 2021-22. The Groundfish 
Subcommittee will prepare their recommendations for SSC and Pacific 
Council consideration at their November 2021 meetings.
    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: September 9, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-19791 Filed 9-13-21; 8:45 am]
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