[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 7690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02217]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD677]


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: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene a Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meeting to review the 
2024 Pacific sardine stock assessment. The meeting will be co-hosted by 
the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, February 21 through Friday, 
February 23, 2024. The meeting will begin each day at 8:30 a.m. Pacific 
Standard Time and will continue until 5 p.m. or until business for the 
day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in person at the Pacific Room of 
the Southwest Fisheries Science Center at 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, 
La Jolla, CA 92037. The meeting will be broadcast with opportunity for 
remote public comment. Specific meeting information and materials will 
be provided in the meeting announcement on the Pacific Council's 
website (see www.pcouncil.org).
    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; Dr. Annie Yau, Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center, email: [email protected]; telephone: (858) 
546-7170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
provide a technical review of the Pacific sardine stock assessment. The 
review panel will consist of at least three members of the Pacific 
Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee's Subcommittee on 
Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) and at least one independent expert from 
the Center for Independent Experts. Representatives of the Pacific 
Council's CPS Management Team and the CPS Advisory Subpanel will also 
participate in the review as advisers.
    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 Dr. Annie Yau ([email protected]; (858) 546-
7170) at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 31, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-02217 Filed 2-2-24; 8:45 am]
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