[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16238-16239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05402]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC839]


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 April 4, 2023, through April 11, 2023.

DATES: The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will 
begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian room on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, and 
continue through Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The Ecosystem Committee will 
meet Tuesday, April 4, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Denali 
room. The Enforcement Committee will meet Tuesday April 4, 2023, from 1 
p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Council's offices. The Council's Advisory Panel 
(AP) will begin at 8 a.m. in the Denali room on Wednesday, April 5, 
2023, and continue through Friday, April 7, 2023. The Council will 
begin at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian room on Thursday, April 6, 2023, and 
continue through Tuesday, April 11, 2023. All times listed are Pacific 
Time.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: 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:

Agenda

Tuesday, April 4, 2023, Through Wednesday, April 5, 2023

    The SSC agenda will include the following issues:


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(1) Report on SSC rapid environmental change workshop
(2) Groundfish Plan Team December 2022 workgroup recommendations
(3) Bering Sea Fishery Ecosystem Plan (BS FEP) Climate Change Taskforce 
(CCTF)--Review workplan, report
(4) Scallops--Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report, 
Acceptable biological catch (ABC)/Over Fishing Limit (OFL), Plan Team 
report
(5) Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment--Final 
Action
(6) Groundfish and Crab Economic SAFE reports
(7) BS FEP Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, Subsistence (LKTKS) 
Taskforce--Review Draft Protocol, Taskforce report
(8) Annual Community Engagement and Participation Overview (ACEPO) 
report, NSRKC research update

    The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2986 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 
OMB Peer Review Bulletin guidelines.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

    The Ecosystem Committee agenda will include (a) Groundfish PEIS 
planning and (b) other business. The agenda is subject to change, and 
the latest version will be posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2984 prior to the meeting, along with meeting 
materials.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

    The Enforcement Committee will be reviewing enforcement tools and 
regulatory prohibitions of a newly managed federal fishery Cook Inlet 
Salmon. Topics will include gear marking, gear specifications, 
recording keeping and reporting, monitoring, and requirements for entry 
or shifting between federal and State fishery. The agenda is subject to 
change, and the latest version will be posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2985 prior to the meeting, along 
with meeting materials.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023, Through Friday, April 7, 2023

    The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:

(1) Report on SSC rapid environmental change workshop
(2) Cook Inlet Salmon FMP Amendment--Final Action, Enforcement 
Committee report
(3) Salmon bycatch reports--review (a) Chinook/chum genetics reports 
for BS, Gulf of Alaska (GOA); (b) pollock IPA reports, Sea Share, and 
(c) Salmon Bycatch Committee recommendations
(4) Scallops--SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report
(5) Scallop FMP multi-year specifications amendment
(6) Greenland turbot in longline pots
(7) BS FEP LKTKS Taskforce--Review Draft Protocol, Taskforce report
(8) BS FEP CCTF--Review workplan, report
(9) Staff Tasking

Thursday, April 6, 2023, Through Tuesday, April 11, 2023

    The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council 
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.

(1) B Reports (Executive Director, NMFS Management, NOAA General 
Counsel (GC), Alaska Fishery Science Center (AFSC), Alaska Department 
of Fish and Game (ADF&G), United States Coast Guard (USCG), United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Institute for 
Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) report, US Navy Report, North 
Pacific Fisheries Commission report, Cooperative reports, Advisory 
Panel, SSC report)
(2) Cook Inlet Salmon FMP amendment--Final Action, Enforcement 
Committee report
(3) Salmon bycatch reports--review (a) Chinook/chum genetics reports 
for BS, GOA; (b) pollock IPA reports, Sea Share, and (c) Salmon Bycatch 
Committee recommendations
(4) Scallops--SAFE report, ABC/OFL, Plan Team report
(5) Scallop FMP multi-year specifications amendment--Initial/Final 
action
(6) Greenland turbot in longline pots--Final Action
(7) Report on SSC rapid environmental change workshop--Review
(8) BS FEP LKTKS Taskforce--Review Draft Protocol, Taskforce report
(9) BS FEP Climate Change Taskforce--Review workplan, report
(10) 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 March 17, 2023, to March 31, 2023, and closes at 12 p.m. 
Alaska Time on Friday, March 31, 2023.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: March 13, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-05402 Filed 3-15-23; 8:45 am]
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