[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 9039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03434]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB787]


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 open to the public 
to discuss North Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is 
intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2022 annual 
meetings of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and 
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee 
(WCPFC NC) on a harvest strategy for NPALB fisheries. The meeting 
topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 
this notice.

DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on April 5, 2022, from 9 a.m. 
to 1 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded). You must complete the 
registration process by March 29, 2022, if you plan to attend the 
meeting (see ADDRESSES). Members of the public may submit written 
comments on meeting topics or materials to Valerie Post at 
[email protected] by March 29, 2022, and may also provide oral 
comments during the virtual meeting.

ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the meeting, which will be held by 
webinar, please register at https://forms.gle/eoY4EPsnkdLTyJMP7. 
Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting 
participants before the meeting occurs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional 
Office at [email protected], (808) 725-5034.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2021, the International Scientific 
Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean 
(ISC) completed a management strategy evaluation (MSE) on 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, NMFS hosted a U.S. 
virtual meeting on June 1, 2021, for U.S. stakeholders to express their 
priorities and consider future management of NPALB. This April 5 
meeting, is intended to follow up to the June 2021 webinar, as well as 
to prepare for anticipated discussions at the IATTC and WCPFC NC.
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    \1\ http://isc.fra.go.jp/working_groups/albacore.html.
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NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topic

    This meeting agenda will be distributed to participants in advance 
of the meeting. The meeting agenda will include a discussion on a 
potential future harvest strategy for NPALB and may include, but is not 
limited to, candidate limit and target reference points.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by 
March 29, 2022.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

    Dated: February 10, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-03434 Filed 2-16-22; 8:45 am]
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