[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56929-56930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20054]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC378]


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 via hybrid conference October 3, 2022 
through October 11, 2022.

DATES: The meetings will be held October 3, 2022 through October 11, 
2022. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a hybrid conference. The in-person 
component of the meeting will be held at the 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]; telephone: (907) 271-2809. For technical support, 
please contact our Council administrative staff, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council's Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian room on Monday, 
October 3, 2022, and continue through Wednesday, October 5, 2022. The 
Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m. in the Denali room 
on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, and continue through Friday, October 7, 
2022. The Council will begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian room on 
Thursday, October 6, 2022, and continue through Tuesday, October 11, 
2022. The Ecosystem Committee will meet on Monday October 3, 2022 from 
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Denali room. All times listed are Alaska time.

Agenda

Monday, October 3, 2022

    The Ecosystem Committee will meet to receive updates on the 
development of the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) 5-year review, the 
Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Climate Change Taskforce 
report, and other updates on scoping and workshops. The Agenda is 
subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at: https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2952.

Monday, October 3, 2022, Through Wednesday, October 5, 2022

    The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
    (1) Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab specifications--(a) 
review Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report; (b) adopt 
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC)/Over Fishing Limits (OFLs) for 
Bristol Bay red king crab (BBRKC), Tanner crab, snow crab, Pribilof 
Island red king crab (PIRKC), St. Matthew blue king crab (SMBKC); (c) 
Crab Plan Team report; (d) Ecosystem Status Report preview; (e) snow 
crab rebuilding projections.
    (2) Greenland turbot in longline pots--Initial Review.
    (3) BSAI/Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish--(a) Proposed 
specifications; (b) Plan Team reports; (c) spatial management 
discussion papers (GOA demersal shelf rockfish (DSR), BSAI 
blackspotted/rougheye rockfish (BSRE)).
    (4) Stock prioritization--review NMFS recommendations.
    (5) BBRKC expanded discussion paper--review.
    (6) Universal data collection components discussion paper--review.
    (7) Amendment 80 program and allocation review--review workplan.
    (8) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (BS FEP) Climate Change 
Taskforce Climate Readiness Synthesis Report--Review.
    (9) Essential Fish Habitat--review preliminary components of 5-year 
review.
    The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2947 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 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Peer Review Bulletin guidelines.

Tuesday, October 4, 2022, Through Friday, October 7, 2022

    The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:
    (1) Election of chair.
    (2) Pacific cod small boat access--Final Action.
    (3) Trawl EM analysis--Final Action.
    (4) Greenland turbot in longline pots--Initial Review.
    (5) BSAI Crab specifications--(a) review SAFE report; (b) adopt 
ABC/OFLs for BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, PIRKC, SMBKC; (c) Crab Plan 
Team report; (d) PNCIAC report.
    (6) BBRKC expanded discussion paper--review.
    (7) BSAI/GOA Groundfish--(a) Proposed specifications, (b) Plan Team 
reports, (c) spatial management discussion papers (GOA DSR, BSAI BSRE).
    (8) Stock prioritization--review NMFS recommendations.
    (9) Universal data collection components discussion paper--review.
    (10) Amendment 80 program and allocation review--workplan.
    (11) Partial Coverage Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee 
(PCFMAC) report--review.
    (12) BS FEP Climate Change Taskforce--(a) Alaska Climate Integrated 
Modeling (ACLIM) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 
update, (b) Climate Readiness Synthesis Report--Review.
    (13) Ecosystem Committee report--review.
    (14) Staff Tasking.

Thursday, October 6, 2022, Through Tuesday, October 11, 2022

    The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council 
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
    (1) Swear in new members, election of officers.
    (2) B Reports (Executive Director, NMFS Management, NOAA General 
Council (GC), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), Alaska Department 
of Fish and Game (ADF&G), United States Coast Guard (USCG), United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), SSC report, AP report).
    (3) BSAI Crab specifications--(a) review SAFE report; (b) adopt 
ABC/OFLs for BBRKC, Tanner crab, snow crab, PIRKC, SMBKC; (c) Crab Plan 
Team report; (d) PNCIAC report.
    (4) Pacific cod small boat access--Final Action.
    (5) Trawl EM analysis--Final Action.
    (6) Greenland turbot in longline pots--Initial Review.
    (7) BSAI/GOA Groundfish--(a) Proposed specifications, (b) Plan Team

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reports, (c) spatial management discussion papers (GOA DSR, BSAI BSRE).
    (8) Stock prioritization--review NMFS recommendations.
    (9) BBRKC expanded discussion paper--review paper and update on 
public responses to request for information.
    (10) Universal data collection components discussion paper--review.
    (11) Amendment 80 program and allocation review--workplan.
    (12) PCFMAC report--review.
    (13) BS FEP Climate Change Taskforce--(a) ACLIM and IPCC update, 
(b) Climate Readiness Synthesis Report--Review.
    (14) Ecosystem Committee report--review.
    (15) 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 September 16, 2022, to September 30, 2022, and closes at 
12 p.m. Alaska time on Friday, September 30, 2022.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: September 12, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-20054 Filed 9-15-22; 8:45 am]
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