[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 55795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19652]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC349]


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's (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) and other scientists will hold an online meeting to review an 
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) acoustic and visual 
survey for nearshore groundfish. This methodology review will be 
coupled with a workshop to evaluate Washington Department of Fish and 
Wildlife (WDFW) hook-and-line surveys for groundfish species. 
Participants will recommend how data generated from these surveys may 
inform future groundfish stock assessments.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Tuesday, September 27, 2022 
through Friday, September 30, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific 
daylight time (PDT) or when business has been completed 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: John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting participants will review the ODFW 
acoustic-visual and hook-and-line surveys for groundfish species and 
evaluate data and analyses generated from these surveys to potentially 
inform future stock assessments. Meeting participants will also review 
hook-and-line surveys conducted by WDFW and the International Pacific 
Halibut Commission for groundfish species to evaluate their efficacy 
for informing future stock assessments.
    No management actions will be decided by meeting participants. The 
meeting participants' role will be the development of recommendations 
and a report for consideration by the SSC and the Pacific Council at 
their November 2022 meeting in Garden Grove, CA.
    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: September 7, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-19652 Filed 9-9-22; 8:45 am]
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