[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21494-21495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06648]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD788]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public online meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Subcommittee of the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold an online meeting to review and 
update the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the CPS Stock Assessment Review 
Process for 2025 and 2026 and Accepted Practices Guidelines for CPS 
Stock Assessments document. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC CPS Subcommittee online meeting will be held Wednesday, 
April 17, 2024 beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing until 1 p.m. Pacific 
Time or until business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC CPS Subcommittee meeting will be an online meeting. 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC CPS Subcommittee 
meeting is to: (a) is to review proposed changes to the Terms of 
Reference for CPS Stock Assessment Reviews that will inform the process 
of conducting and reviewing CPS assessments in 2025 and 2026 and (b) 
update best practices for conducting CPS stock assessments. Members of 
the Pacific Council's CPS advisory bodies are encouraged to attend.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC CPS Subcommittee. 
The SSC CPS Subcommittee members' role will be development of 
recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC and Pacific 
Council at the June meeting in San Diego, California.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
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

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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 SSC CPS Subcommittee 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: March 25, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-06648 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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