[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00040]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB697]


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 the 2021 groundfish stock 
assessment process and discuss process improvements for the next stock 
assessment cycle.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Tuesday, January 25, 2022, from 
12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Pacific Standard Time (PST) or until business 
for the day 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: John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Participants in the Pacific Council's 2021 
groundfish stock assessment process will hold a meeting via webinar to 
review and evaluate the 2021 stock assessment review (STAR) process. 
The goal of the webinar is to solicit process improvements to recommend 
for future groundfish stock assessments and STAR panel reviews. Process 
recommendations will be provided to the Pacific Council at their March 
2022 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: January 3, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-00040 Filed 1-5-22; 8:45 am]
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