[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38820-38821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12669]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD074]


Management Track Assessment for Bluefish, Deep Sea Red Crab, 
Longfin Inshore Squid, Scup, Summer Flounder

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS and the Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) will convene the 
Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of 
reviewing bluefish, deep sea red crab, longfin inshore squid, scup, and 
summer flounder. The Management Track Assessment Peer Review is a 
formal scientific peer-review process for evaluating and presenting 
stock assessment results to managers for fish stocks in the offshore 
U.S. waters of the northwest Atlantic. Assessments are prepared by the 
lead stock assessment analyst and reviewed by an independent panel of 
independent panel of stock assessment experts. The public is invited to 
attend the presentations and discussions between the review panel and 
the scientists who have participated in the stock assessment process.

DATES: The public portion of the Management Track Assessment Peer 
Review Meeting will be held from June 26, 2023--June 28, 2023. The 
meeting will conclude on June 28 at 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 
Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the daily meeting agenda.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via Google Meet https://meet.google.com/fxa-tmxy-smy.

Meeting number (US) + +1 402-8626
Meeting password: 566 056 608

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Traver, phone: 508-495-2195; 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the 
Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/peer-review-2023-june-management-track-assessments. For additional information about management track 
assessment peer review, please visit the NEFSC web page at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/population-assessments/management-track-stock-assessments.

Daily Meeting Agenda--Management Track Peer Review Meeting

    The agenda is subject to change; all times are approximate and may 
be changed at the discretion of the Meeting Chair.

                          Monday, June 26, 2023
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            Time                     Subject              Presenter
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9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m..........  Welcome/Logistics/    Michele Traver, Russ
                               Conduct of Meeting.   Brown, Cynthia
                                                     Jones, Chair.
9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.........  Deep Sea Red Crab,    Toni Chute, Panel.
                               Discussion/
                               Questions.
11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m........  Break
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m...........  Morning Wrap Up,      Panel.
                               Summary/Discussion.
12 p.m.-12:15 p.m...........  Public Comment......  Public.
12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.........  Lunch
1:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m..........  Scup, Discussion/     Mark Terceiro,
                               Questions.            Panel.
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m..........  Break
3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m..........  Afternoon Wrap Up,    Panel.
                               Summary/Discussion.
4:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m..........  Public Comment......  Public.
4:30 p.m....................  Adjourn
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                         Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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            Time                     Subject              Presenter
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9:30 a.m.-9:35 a.m..........  Welcome/Logistics...  Michele Traver,
                                                     Cynthia Jones,
                                                     Chair.
9:35 a.m.-11:15 a.m.........  Longfin Inshore       Lisa Hendrickson,
                               Squid, Discussion/    Panel.
                               Questions.
11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m........  Break.
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m...........  Morning Wrap Up,      Panel.
                               Summary/Discussion.
12 p.m.-12:15 p.m...........  Public Comment......  Public.
12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.........  Lunch.
1:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m..........  Summer flounder,      Mark Terceiro,
                               Discussion/           Panel.
                               Questions.
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m..........  Break.
3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m..........  Afternoon Wrap Up,    Panel.
                               Summary/Discussion.
4:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m..........  Public Comment......  Public.
4:30 p.m....................  Adjourn.
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                        Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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            Time                     Subject              Presenter
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9:30 a.m.-9:35 a.m..........  Welcome/Logistics...  Michele Traver,
                                                     Cynthia Jones,
                                                     Chair.
9:35 a.m.-11:15 a.m.........  Bluefish, Discussion/ Tony Wood, Panel.
                               Questions.
11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m........  Break.
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m...........  Morning Wrap Up,      Panel.
                               Summary/Discussion.
12 p.m.-12:15 p.m...........  Public Comment......  Public.
12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.........   Lunch.
1:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m..........  Report Writing......  Panel.
4:30 p.m....................  Adjourn.
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    The meeting is open to the public; however, during the `Report 
Writing' session on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 1:15 p.m. the public 
should not engage in discussion with the Peer Review Panel.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Special requests should be directed to Michele Traver, via email.

    Dated: June 8, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-12669 Filed 6-13-23; 8:45 am]
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