[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15207-15208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05639]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB892]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory committees will meet April 4, 2022, through April 11, 2022, 
via hybrid conference.

DATES: The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will 
begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian/Alaska room on Monday, April 4, 2022, 
and continue through Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The Council's Advisory 
Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m. in the Denali room on Tuesday, April 5, 
2022, and continue through Friday, April 8, 2022. The Council will 
begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian/Alaska room on Wednesday, April 6, 
2022, and continue through Monday, April 11, 2022. All times listed are 
Alaska Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meetings will be a hybrid conference. The in-
person component of the meeting will be held at the Anchorage Hilton 
Hotel, 500 W 3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501, or join the meeting online 
through the links at https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 
3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-2809. 
Instructions for attending the meeting via webconference are given 
under Connection Information, below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans, Council staff; email: 
[email protected]. For technical support please contact our 
administrative staff, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

Monday, April 4, 2022, Through Wednesday, April 6, 2022

    The SSC agenda will include the following issues:

(1) Scallops--SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report
(2) Central GOA rockfish adjustments--Initial Review
(3) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (BS FEP)--review progress: (a) 
FEP Team report, (b) Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, 
Subsistence (LKTKS) Taskforce report, (c) Climate Change Taskforce 
(CCTF) report
(4) Alaska Climate Integrated Modeling (ACLIM) Update--Review
(5) Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Directive report--review

    The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2855 prior to the 
meeting, along with meeting materials.
    In addition to providing ongoing scientific advice for fishery 
management decisions, the SSC functions as the Council's primary peer 
review panel for scientific information, as described by the Magnuson-
Stevens Act section 302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 2 
guidelines (78 FR 43066).
    The peer-review process is also deemed to satisfy the requirements 
of the Information Quality Act, including the OMB Peer Review Bulletin 
guidelines.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022, Through Friday, April 8, 2022

    The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:

(1) IFQ Omnibus Amendments--Final Action, Enforcement Committee Report
(2) RQE Fee Collection Program--Final Action
(3) Scallops--SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report
(4) Central GOA rockfish adjustments--Initial Review
(5) Bristol Bay red king crab (BBRKC) Management, Biology, and Gear 
Impact
(6) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (BS FEP)--review progress: (a) 
FEP Team report, (b) Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, 
Subsistence (LKTKS) Taskforce report, (c) Climate Change Taskforce 
(CCTF) report, (d) Ecosystem Committee report
(7) Alaska Climate Integrated Modeling (ACLIM) Update--Review
(8) Staff Tasking

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Through Monday, April 11, 2022

    The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council 
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.

(1) All B Reports (Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Crab and 
Industry Advisory Committee, and Executive Committee, NMFS Management, 
NOAA GC, ADF&G, USCG, USFWS, NIOSH, Cooperative Reports)
(2) IFQ Omnibus Amendments--Final Action, Enforcement Committee Report
(3) RQE Fee Collection Program--Final Action
(4) Scallops--SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report
(5) SSC report in full
(6) Central GOA rockfish adjustments--Initial Review
(7) Bristol Bay red king crab (BBRKC) Management, Biology, and Gear 
Impact
(8) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (BS FEP)--review progress: (a) 
FEP Team report, (b) Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, 
Subsistence (LKTKS) Taskforce report, (c) Climate Change Taskforce 
(CCTF) report, (d) Ecosystem Committee report
(9) Alaska Climate Integrated Modeling (ACLIM) Update--Review
(6) Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Directive report--review
(10) Staff Tasking

Connection Information

    You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or 
smart phone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted 
online at: https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings. For 
technical support please contact our administrative staff, email: 
[email protected]. If you are attending the meeting in-person, 
please refer to the COVID avoidance protocols on our website, https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings/.

Public Comment

    Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted 
electronically through the links at https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings. The Council strongly encourages written public 
comment for this meeting, to avoid any potential for technical 
difficulties to compromise oral testimony. The written comment period 
is open from March 18, 2022 to April 1, 2022, and closes at 12 p.m., 
Alaska Time on April 1, 2022.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. Actions will be restricted to 
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice 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 Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)

    Dated: March 14, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-05639 Filed 3-16-22; 8:45 am]
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