[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 10175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03853]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB823]


Pacific Bluefin Tuna 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 public meeting to discuss a Pacific bluefin 
tuna (PBF) long-term harvest strategy. This meeting is intended to 
prepare for potential discussions at the 2022 meeting of the Joint 
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)--Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Northern Committee (NC) Working 
Group on a long-term harvest strategy for PBF fisheries across the 
Pacific Ocean. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this notice.

DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on April 1, 2022, from 12 p.m. 
to 4 p.m. PST (or until business is concluded). You must complete the 
registration process by March 23, 2022, if you plan to attend the 
meeting (see ADDRESSES). Members of the public may submit written 
comments on meeting topics or materials to Celia Barroso at 
[email protected] by March 23, 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/qQZzdp6LVXn2K9KD6. 
Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting 
participants before the meeting occurs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Barroso, NMFS West Coast Region 
at [email protected], 562-432-1850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the 6th Meeting of the Joint IATTC-
WCPFC NC Working Group (JWG) meeting (July 27-29, 2021, Japan Time), 
the International Scientific Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in 
the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) recommended that, in order to proceed 
with the development of a long-term harvest strategy for PBF, the JWG 
consider management objectives and metrics by which to measure whether 
a proposed harvest strategy will meet those management objectives. This 
April 1 meeting is to prepare for anticipated discussions at the 2022 
meeting of the JWG regarding the process and information needed to 
evaluate the effectiveness of potential harvest strategies.

PBF U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topic

    The agenda for this meeting will be distributed to participants in 
advance of the meeting. The meeting agenda will include a discussion on 
management objectives and metrics to measure how potential future 
harvest strategies for PBF meet those objectives.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by 
March 23, 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 17, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-03853 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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