[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 66380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20948]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD399]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public online meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Groundfish and Economics Subcommittees of the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will convene an online meeting to review 
the non-trawl commercial fishery sablefish trip limit model used by the 
Pacific Council's Groundfish Management Team (GMT). The methodology 
review meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The groundfish methodology review online meeting will be held 
Thursday, October 12, 2023, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. (Pacific Daylight 
Time) or until business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The groundfish methodology review will be conducted as an 
online meeting. Specific meeting information, including the agenda and 
directions on how to join the meeting and system requirements, will be 
provided in the workshop 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: Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2414, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the groundfish methodology 
review meeting is a follow-up to the prior review recommendations from 
the May 9, 2023 meeting, which aimed to evaluate proposed data inputs, 
modeling approaches, potential improvements, and any other pertinent 
information related to the sablefish trip limit model used in 
commercial non-trawl fisheries management. This review is planned in 
preparation for the 2025-2026 biennial groundfish management cycle. The 
results of this review are not considered final until reviewed by the 
full SSC at a future Pacific Council meeting.
    No management actions will be decided by the meeting participants. 
The participants' role will be the development of recommendations and 
reports for consideration by the SSC and the Pacific Council at a 
future Pacific Council meeting. The Pacific Council and Scientific and 
Statistical Committee will consider methodology review recommendations 
for use in informing management decisions at their November 2023 
meeting in Garden Grove, California.
    Although nonemergency 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 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 workshop 
participants 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: September 21, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-20948 Filed 9-26-23; 8:45 am]
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