[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 53869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17032]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD206]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) staff and 
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) staff will present a 
briefing on two September Pacific Council meeting agenda items, the 
Chumash Sanctuary Designation and the Coral Restoration and Research 
Plan, to interested Pacific Council members, advisory body members, and 
the public.

DATES: The online briefing will be held Thursday, August 24, 2023, from 
2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time, or until discussion is 
finished.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held online. 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 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessi Doerpinghaus, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2415 or Mr. Kerry Griffin, Staff 
Officer, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pacific Council will be considering two 
administrative items related to the ONMS at its September meeting. The 
first item, Chumash Sanctuary Designation, will focus on the proposed 
designation documents and regulations for the new Sanctuary, with 
particular focus on any proposed regulations that may affect fishing 
activities under the Council's jurisdiction. The second item is the 
consideration of new areas for coral research and restoration in the 
Gulf of Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries. The 
Council will begin scoping this item in September and will consider the 
areas that may be closed to fishing and to what fisheries the closures 
would apply. This presentation is aimed at a broad audience of Council 
members, advisory body members, and the public. Pacific Council and 
ONMS staff may follow up with more targeted discussions with advisory 
bodies during their September meetings will also brief the Council 
directly.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
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 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.

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: August 3, 2023.
Diane M. DeJames-Daly,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-17032 Filed 8-8-23; 8:45 am]
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