[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 26727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09625]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC002]


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 (Pacific Council) will 
convene a webinar meeting of its Groundfish Management Team (GMT) to 
complete analyses identified by the Pacific Council at their April 2022 
meeting as potential 2023-24 groundfish management measures and to 
discuss items on the Pacific Council's June 2022 meeting agenda. This 
meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The online meeting will be held on Monday, May 23, 2022 through 
Tuesday, May 24, 2022, starting at 8 a.m., Pacific Time and ending when 
business has been completed for each day.

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: Todd Phillips, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2426.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the GMT webinar is to 
complete analyses on several items, which include annual catch targets 
for quillback rockfish and copper rockfish off of California and to 
develop groundfish block area closures as bycatch mitigation. The GMT 
will also prepare for the Pacific Council's June 2022 agenda items. The 
GMT will discuss items related to groundfish management and 
administrative matters on the Pacific Council's agenda. The GMT may 
also address other assignments relating to groundfish management. No 
management actions will be decided by the GMT. A detailed agenda for 
the webinar will be available on the Pacific Council's website prior to 
the 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: May 2, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-09625 Filed 5-4-22; 8:45 am]
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