[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2324-2325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00542]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC657]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public online meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and 
the NMFS Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers will convene 
a virtual pre-assessment workshop to review proposed data and modeling 
approaches to inform groundfish stock assessments for copper rockfish, 
canary rockfish, and black rockfish, scheduled for assessment during 
2023. The workshop is open to the public.

DATES: The pre-assessment workshop will be held Tuesday, January 31, 
2023, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) or until 
business for the day has been completed. The workshop will reconvene on 
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. or until 
business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The pre-assessment workshop will be conducted as an online 
meeting. Specific meeting information, including the agenda and

[[Page 2325]]

directions on how to join the meeting and system requirements, will be 
provided in the workshop 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2414, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the pre-assessment workshop 
is to review proposed data inputs, modeling approaches, and any other 
pertinent information to inform 2023 stock assessments for copper, 
canary, and black rockfish. The goal of the pre-assessment workshop is 
to promote dialogue about and a common understanding between assessment 
teams and data providers of the best data and analytical and modeling 
approaches applicable to these assessments. Stock assessment teams will 
solicit advice from data stewards, stakeholders, and fishery managers 
knowledgeable about these species.
    No management actions will be decided by the workshop participants. 
The participants' role will be development of recommendations for 
consideration by the stock assessment teams assigned to conduct these 
assessments. Assessments for these stocks are tentatively scheduled for 
peer review during Stock Assessment Review (STAR) panels: copper 
rockfish (June 5-9, 2023), black rockfish (July 10-14, 2023), and 
canary rockfish (July 24-28, 2023). The Pacific Council and the Pacific 
Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee are scheduled to 
consider these draft assessments for use in informing management 
decisions at their September 2023 meeting in Spokane, WA.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the workshops' 
agendas may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal 
action during these workshops. 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 workshop 
participants 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: January 9, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-00542 Filed 1-12-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P