[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3799-3800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00758]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE605]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of hybrid conference meetings of the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council and its advisory committees.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will meet February 3, 2025 through February 11,
2025.
DATES: The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will
begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, February 3, 2025, and continue through
Wednesday, February 5, 2025. The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will
begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, and continue through
Saturday, February 8, 2025. The Council will begin at 8 a.m. on
Thursday, February 6, 2025, and continue through Tuesday, February 11,
2025. All meetings scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but depending on
volume of public testimony, meetings may go late. All times listed are
Alaska Time.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a hybrid conference. The in-person
component of the meeting will be held at the Egan Center, 555 W 5th
Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501, or join the meeting online through the links
at https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W
3rd Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-
2809. Instructions for attending the meeting via web conference are
given under Connection Information, below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans, Council staff; email:
[email protected]; telephone: (907) 271-2809. For technical support,
please contact our Council administrative staff, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Monday, February 3, 2025 Through Wednesday, February 5, 2025
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
1. Administrative Issues
2. Cook Inlet salmon harvest specifications--review report
3. Salmon bycatch--Scientific and methodological second review Chum
salmon bycatch initial review analysis
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3070 prior to the
meeting, along with meeting materials.
In addition to providing ongoing scientific advice for fishery
management decisions, the SSC functions as the Council's primary peer
review panel for scientific information, as described by the Magnuson-
Stevens Act section 302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 2
guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peer-review process is also deemed to
satisfy the requirements of the Information Quality Act, including the
OMB Peer Review Bulletin guidelines.
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Through Saturday, February 8, 2025
The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:
1. Administrative Issues
2. Salmon bycatch--second review Chum salmon bycatch initial review
analysis
Thursday, February 6, 2025 Through Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
1. Administrative Issues
2. Cook Inlet salmon harvest specifications--review report
3. Salmon bycatch--second review Chum salmon bycatch initial review
analysis
The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3071 prior to the
meeting, along with meeting materials.
Connection Information
You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or
smart phone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted
online at: https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings. For
technical support, please contact our administrative staff, email:
[email protected].
If you are attending the meeting in-person, please refer to the
COVID
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avoidance protocols on our website, https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted
electronically through the links at https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/. The Council strongly encourages written public
comment for this meeting, to avoid any potential for technical
difficulties to compromise oral testimony. The written comment period
is open from December 20, 2024, and closes at 12 p.m. Alaska Time on
Friday, January 31, 2025.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings. Actions will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this 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 Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 10, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-00758 Filed 1-14-25; 8:45 am]
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