[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19863-19864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07302]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB940]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public online meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will hold a meeting to review proposed revisions to the Terms of 
Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Process for 2023 
and 2024. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee's online meeting will be held 
Friday, April 22, 2022, beginning at 1 p.m. and continuing until 5 
p.m., Pacific Daylight Time or until business for the day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee's meeting will be an 
online meeting. 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

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him at (503) 820-2412 for technical assistance.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee's meeting is to review proposed changes to the Terms of 
Reference for the Groundfish Stock Assessment Reviews that will inform 
the process for conducting and reviewing groundfish assessments in 2023 
and 2024. Members of the Pacific Council's groundfish advisory bodies 
are encouraged to attend. Proposed changes to the Terms of Reference 
(https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/02/e-8-attachment-4-draft-terms-of-reference-for-the-groundfish-and-coastal-pelagic-species-stock-assessment-process-for-2023-2024.pdf/) were provided to the 
Pacific Council at their March 2022 virtual meeting, which were adopted 
by the Pacific Council for public review. The Pacific Council is 
scheduled to adopt a final Terms of Reference at their June meeting in 
Vancouver, WA.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC's Groundfish 
Subcommittee. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members' role will be 
development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC 
and Pacific Council at the June meeting in Vancouver, WA.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
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 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 intent of the SSC 
Groundfish Subcommittee to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
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: April 1, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-07302 Filed 4-5-22; 8:45 am]
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