[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 237 (Monday, December 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76025-76026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26906]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC597]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a week-long work session, 
which is open to the public.

DATES: The GMT meeting will be held Monday, January 9, 2023, from 1 
p.m., Pacific Time, until business for the day

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is completed. The GMT will reconvene Tuesday, January 10 through 
Friday, January 13, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. until business for each day 
has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council Office, Large Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
    The meeting will also be broadcast via webinar. 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). Please contact Mr. 
Kris Kleinschmidt ([email protected]) or (503) 820-2412 for 
technical assistance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Todd Phillips, Pacific Council; 
phone: (503) 820-2426.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this week-long work 
session is for the GMT to prepare for 2023 Pacific Council meetings. 
Specific agenda items will include: Amendment 31 groundfish stock 
definitions, workload and new groundfish management measure 
prioritization, non-trawl Rockfish Conservation Area management, pot 
gear marking, and GMT chair/vice chair elections. The GMT may also 
address groundfish management actions the Pacific Council has indicated 
on their year-at-a-glance calendar, such as sablefish gear switching 
and the 2025/26 harvest specifications and management measure process. 
A detailed agenda will be available on the Pacific Council's website 
prior to the meeting. The meeting is open to the public, except for a 
single closed session which will be held from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., on 
Monday, January 9, 2023.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during these meetings. 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

    A public listening station is physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. 
Kris Kleinschmidt ([email protected]; (503) 820-2412) at least 
10 business days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: December 7, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-26906 Filed 12-9-22; 8:45 am]
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