[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9873-9874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03220]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC690]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public online meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Subcommittee of the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold an online meeting to review 
revisions to the habitat model for the northern subpopulation of 
Pacific sardine and methods for analyzing and using the 2022 CPS 
survey. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC CPS Subcommittee's online meeting will be held Monday, 
March 20, 2023 and Tuesday, March 21, 2023, beginning at 9 a.m. and 
continuing until 1 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time, each day or until 
business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC's CPS Subcommittee's meeting will be an online 
meeting. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jessi Doerpinghaus, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2415.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC CPS Subcommittee's 
meeting is to (a) review proposed changes to the habitat model for the 
northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine, (b) review how the habitat 
model is used to assign catches of Pacific sardine to the northern 
subpopulation, (c) review how the habitat model is used to define the 
area covered by the CPS survey that pertains to the northern 
subpopulation, and (d) review methods for analyzing and using the 2022 
CPS survey data given disruptions. Members of the Pacific Council's CPS 
advisory bodies are encouraged to attend.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC's CPS 
Subcommittee. The SSC CPS Subcommittee members' role will be 
development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC 
and Pacific Council at the April meeting in Foster City, CA.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
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 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 SSC CPS 
Subcommittee to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt

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([email protected]; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: February 10, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-03220 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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