[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71888-71889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19813]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and 
its advisory bodies will meet September 18-23, 2024 in Spokane, WA and 
via webinar. The Council meeting will be live streamed with the 
opportunity to provide public comment remotely.

DATES: The Pacific Council meeting will begin on Thursday, September 
19, 2024, at 9 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), reconvening at 8 a.m. 
on Friday, September 20 through Monday, September 23, 2024. All 
meetings are open to the public, except for a Closed Session held from 
8 a.m. to 9 a.m., Thursday, September 19, 2024, to address litigation 
and personnel matters. The Pacific Council will meet as late as 
necessary, each day, to complete its scheduled business.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: Meetings of the Pacific Council and its advisory 
entities will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Spokane City 
Center, 322 N Spokane Falls Court, Spokane, WA; telephone: (509) 455-
9600. Specific meeting information, including directions on joining the 
meeting, connecting to the live stream broadcast, and system 
requirements will be provided in the meeting announcement on the 
Pacific Council's website (see https://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: Mr. Merrick Burden, Executive 
Director, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280 or (866) 806-7204 
toll-free, or access the Pacific Council website, https://www.pcouncil.org, for the proposed agenda and meeting briefing 
materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The September 18-23, 2024 meeting of the 
Pacific Council will be streamed live on the internet. The broadcasts 
begin initially at 9 a.m. PDT Thursday, September 19, 2023, and 8 a.m. 
PDT Friday, September 20 through Monday, September 23, 2024. Broadcasts 
end when business for the day is complete. Only the audio portion and 
presentations displayed on the screen at the Pacific Council meeting 
will be broadcast. The audio portion for the public is listen-only 
except that an opportunity for oral public comment will be provided 
prior to Council Action on each agenda item. Additional information and 
instructions on joining or listening to the meeting can be found on the 
Pacific Council's website (see https://www.pcouncil.org).
    The following items are on the Pacific Council agenda, but not 
necessarily in this order. Agenda items noted as ``Final Action'' refer 
to actions the Council may take requiring the transmission of a 
proposed fishery management plan, proposed plan amendment, or proposed 
regulations to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, under Sections 304 or 
305 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. 
Additional detail on agenda items, Council action, and advisory entity 
meeting times, are described in Agenda Item A.4, Proposed Council 
Meeting Agenda, and will be in the advance September 2024 briefing 
materials and posted on the Pacific Council website at https://www.pcouncil.org no later than Friday, August 30, 2024.

A. Call to Order
    1. Opening Remarks
    2. New Council Member Appointments
    3. Roll Call
    4. Agenda
    5. Executive Director's Report
B. Open Comment Period
    1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items
C. Cross Fishery Management Plan
    1. Marine Planning
    2. Equity and Environmental Justice (EEJ)--Gap Analysis Framework 
and Regional Implementation Plan
    3. Inflation Reduction Act Projects--Check In
D. Habitat Issues
    1. Current Habitat Issues
E. Salmon Management
    1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
    2. Methodology Review--Final Topic Selection
    3. Queets Spring/Summer Chinook Rebuilding--Range of Alternatives 
and Preliminary Preferred Alternative
F. Pacific Halibut Management
    1. 2025 Catch Sharing Plan and Annual Regulations--Preliminary
    2. Commercial Fishery Regulation Changes: Vessel Monitoring 
Systems, Seabird Avoidance, and Catch Reporting--Range of Alternatives, 
Preliminary Preferred Alternative
G. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
    1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
H. Ecosystem Matters
    1. Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4: Groundfish and Salmon Risk 
Tables--Progress Review
I. Groundfish Management
    1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report--Including Sablefish 
Management Strategy Evaluation Update
    2. Methodology Review: Preliminary Fishery Impact Model Topics
    3. Final Trawl Cost Project Report
    4. 2025 and 2027 Stock Assessment Plan and Schedule
    5. Stock Definitions for Species Assessed in 2025 & 2027--
Preliminary Preferred Alternative
    6. Inseason Adjustments for 2024 and Technical Corrections for 
2025-2026--Final Action
    7. Trawl Catch Share Program and Intersector Allocation Reviews--
Scoping
    8. Phase 2 Stock Definitions--Scoping
J. Highly Migratory Species Management
    1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
    2. International Management Activities
    3. 2025-26 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures--
Preliminary
K. Administrative Matters
    1. Fiscal Matters
    2. Approve Council Meeting Record
    3. Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures--
Including Final 2025-27 Advisory Body Composition
    4. Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning

Advisory Body Agendas

    Advisory body agendas will include discussions of relevant issues 
that are on the Pacific Council agenda for this meeting and may also 
include issues that may be relevant to future Council meetings. 
Proposed advisory body agendas for this meeting will be available on 
the Pacific Council website, www.pcouncil.org, no later than Friday, 
August 30, 2024 by the end of the business day.

Schedule of Ancillary Meetings

Day 1--Tuesday, September 17, 2024
    Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 a.m.

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Day 2--Wednesday, September 18, 2024
    Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
    Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
    Salmon Advisory Subpanel (online) 8 a.m.
    Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 a.m.
    Budget Committee 1 p.m.
    Enforcement Consultants 2 p.m.
Day 3--Thursday, September 19, 2024
    Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
    Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
    Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 a.m.
    Enforcement Consultants As Necessary
Day 4--Friday, September 20, 2024
    Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
    Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
    Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
    Highly Migratory Species Management Team 8 a.m.
    Enforcement Consultants As Necessary
Day 5--Saturday, September 21, 2024
    Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
    Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
    Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
    Highly Migratory Species Management Team 8 a.m.
    Enforcement Consultants As Necessary
Day 6--Sunday, September 22, 2024
    Enforcement Consultants As Necessary
Day 7--Monday, September 23, 2024
    Enforcement Consultants As Necessary

    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 other 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: August 29, 2024.
Alyssa Weigers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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