[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52641-52642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20531]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB436]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) is holding a meeting, 
which is open to the public.

DATES: The online meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 
beginning at 1 p.m. (Pacific Daylight

[[Page 52642]]

Time) until business is completed and continues Wednesday, October 13, 
2021, beginning at 9 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) and concluding when 
business is completed.

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: Kit Dahl, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The purpose of the meeting is for the HMSMT 
to discuss the contents of reports it would submit to the Pacific 
Council on topics included on the November 2021 Pacific Council meeting 
and future Pacific Council meetings. Potential topics include, but are 
not limited to, a range of alternatives for hard caps for the 
California large mesh driftnet fishery and updates to the Pacific 
Council's Swordfish Management and Monitoring Plan. The HMSMT may also 
discuss other HMS-related topics not currently scheduled on Pacific 
Council meeting agendas. A detailed agenda for this meeting, including 
topics and estimated times, will be posted to the Pacific Council 
website in advance of the 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: September 17, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-20531 Filed 9-21-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P