[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 38874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10056]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD901]


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's (Pacific Council) Ad 
Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) will hold an online meeting, which is 
open to the public.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Friday, May 24, 2024, from 10 
a.m. to 2 p.m. or until business for the day is completed.

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: Kit Dahl, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During this meeting the EWG will (1) review 
progress on Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4 and (2) discuss the 
contents of reports on agenda items for the June 2024 Pacific Council 
meeting.
    In March 2024, the Pacific Council provided guidance on the further 
development of risk assessment methodologies, as part of Initiative 4, 
to bring climate and ecosystem information into harvest specification 
processes. Proposed methodologies will be reviewed by the Scientific 
and Statistical Committee Ecosystem-Based Management Subcommittee on 
August 5, 2024, and considered by the Pacific Council at its September 
2024 meeting.
    At its June meeting, the Pacific Council will discuss and provide 
guidance on potential changes to Council operations. The EWG may 
provide recommendations on recommended changes and other agenda topics, 
as appropriate. Other matters related to the work of the EWG may also 
be discussed.
    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: May 3, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-10056 Filed 5-7-24; 8:45 am]
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