[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31493-31494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10506]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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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 Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene three Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meetings to review 
2023 stock assessments for copper rockfish in California, rex sole, 
shortspine thornyhead, black rockfish, petrale sole, and canary 
rockfish. The meetings will be co-hosted by the NMFS Northwest and 
Southwest Fisheries Science Centers. STAR panel meetings are open to 
the public and being conducted in person with a web broadcast that 
provides the opportunity for remote listening and public comment.

DATES: The STAR panel meeting (STAR Panel 1) to review new assessments 
for copper rockfish in California, rex sole, and shortspine thornyhead 
will be held Monday, June 5, 2023 and will continue through Friday, 
June 9, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) 
each day, or when business for the day has been completed.
    The STAR panel meeting (STAR Panel 2) to review new assessments for 
black rockfish will be held Monday, July 10, 2023 and will continue 
through Friday, July 14, 2023, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 
5:30 p.m. each day, or when business for the day has been completed.
    The STAR panel meeting (STAR Panel 3) to review new assessments for 
petrale sole and canary rockfish will be held Monday, July 24, 2023 and 
will continue through Friday, July 28, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 
p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) or when business for the day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The STAR panels for copper rockfish in California, rex sole, 
and shortspine thornyhead (STAR Panel 1), and for petrale sole and 
canary rockfish (STAR Panel 3) will be held in the Auditorium at the 
National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 
2725 Montlake Boulevard E, Seattle, WA 98112; telephone: (206) 860-
3200.
    The STAR panel for black rockfish (STAR Panel 2) will be held at 
the National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center, Santa Cruz Laboratory, 110 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 
95060; telephone: (831) 420-3900.
    These meetings are being conducted in person with a web broadcast 
that provides the opportunity for remote public comment. Specific 
meeting information, materials, visitor protocols, and instructions for 
how to connect to the meeting remotely will be provided in the meeting 
announcement on the Pacific Council's website (see www.pcouncil.org). 
In the event an outage occurs, or technical issues arise that impact 
the experience of remote attendees, we will attempt to resolve them but 
ultimately, we cannot guarantee that they will be resolved 
satisfactorily.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Owen Hamel, NMFS Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (206) 860-3481; or Marlene A. 
Bellman, Staff Officer, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2414, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the STAR Panels is to review 
draft 2023 stock assessment documents and any other pertinent 
information for copper rockfish in California, rex sole, shortspine 
thornyhead, black rockfish, petrale sole, and canary rockfish; work 
with the Stock Assessment Teams to make necessary revisions; and 
produce STAR Panel reports for use by the Pacific Council and other 
interested persons for developing management recommendations for 
fisheries in 2025 and beyond. The review panels will consist of members 
of the Pacific Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee's 
Groundfish Subcommittee, at least one independent expert from the

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Center for Independent Experts, and other invited expert reviewers. 
Representatives of the Pacific Council's Groundfish Management Team and 
the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will also participate in the review as 
advisers.
    No management actions will be decided by the STAR Panels. The STAR 
Panel participants' role will be development of recommendations and 
reports for consideration by the Pacific Council at its September 
meeting in Spokane, WA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
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.
    Visitors who are foreign nationals (defined as a person who is not 
a citizen or national of the United States) may require additional 
security clearance to access the NMFS Northwest and Southwest Fisheries 
Science Centers. Foreign national visitors to the Northwest Fisheries 
Science Center (STAR Panel 1 and 3) should contact Dr. Owen Hamel at 
(206) 860-3481 or to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (STAR Panel 
2) should contact Dr. John Field at (831) 420-3907; at least 2 weeks 
prior to the meeting date to initiate the security clearance process.
    Visitors to the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center will need 
to obtain a visitor badge. Visitor protocols will be provided in the 
meeting announcement on the Pacific Council's website (see 
www.pcouncil.org).

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Dr. Owen Hamel 
([email protected]; (206) 860-3481) at least 10 days prior to the 
meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: May 12, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-10506 Filed 5-16-23; 8:45 am]
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