[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28903]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD594]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Committee of the Whole (COTW) will hold a 2-day in-person work session 
that is open to the public.

DATES: The COTW meeting will be held Thursday, January 18, 2024 from 8 
a.m. Pacific Standard Time, until business for the day has been 
completed. The COTW will reconvene Friday, January 19, 2024, from 8 
a.m. until business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Place Portland Airport 
Cascade Station, Meeting Place 3-4 Room, 9750 NE Cascades Parkway, 
Portland, Oregon 97220. This work session is being conducted in person, 
with a web broadcast that provides the opportunity for remote public 
comment. 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). Please contact Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
([email protected]) or (503) 820-2412 for technical 
assistance.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, Oregon 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Merrick Burden, Executive 
Director, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2418 or (866) 806-7204 
toll-free, or access the Pacific Council website, www.pcouncil.org, for 
the proposed agenda and meeting briefing materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the Committee-of-the-
whole meeting is to discuss the Council's fiscal status, and the 
alignment of Council finances with priorities and operational 
practices. The committee will discuss these matters in the context of 
the Council's next grant period, funding from the Inflation Reduction 
Act, and other possible sources of Council funding. No management 
actions will be decided by the COTW. The COTW's recommendations will be 
considered by the Council at the March Council meeting. A detailed 
agenda for the meeting will be available on the Pacific Council's 
website prior to the meeting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
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.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or auxiliary aids should 
be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt ([email protected]; (503) 
820-2412) at least 10 business days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: December 28, 2023.
Diane M. DeJames-Daly,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-28903 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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