[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 30 (Friday, February 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9618-9619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02662]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE669]
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 March 4-11, 2025, in Vancouver, WA and
via webinar. The Council meeting will be live streamed with the
opportunity to provide public comment remotely.
DATES: The Pacific Council and its advisory bodies will meet March 4-
11, 2025. The Pacific Council meeting will begin on Thursday, March 6,
2025, at 9 a.m. Pacific Time (PT), reconvening at 8 a.m. on Friday,
March 7 through Tuesday, March 11, 2025. All meetings are open to the
public, except for a Closed Session held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.,
Thursday, March 6, 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 Vancouver Hilton at 301 West 6th St. in
Vancouver, WA 98660; telephone: (360) 933-4500. 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
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, www.pcouncil.org, for
the proposed agenda and meeting briefing materials.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The March 4-11, 2025 meeting of the Pacific
Council will be streamed live on the internet. The broadcasts begin
initially
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at 9 a.m. PT Thursday, March 6, 2025, and 8 a.m. PT Friday, March 7
through Tuesday, March 11, 2025. 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 www.pcouncil.org).
The following items are on the Pacific Council agenda, but not
necessarily in this order. Agenda items noted as ``Final'' 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 details on agenda items, Council action, and advisory entity
meeting times, are described in Agenda Item A.3, Proposed Council
Meeting Agenda, and will be in the advance March 2025 briefing
materials and posted on the Pacific Council website at www.pcouncil.org
no later than Friday, February 14, 2025.
A. Call to Order
1. Opening Remarks
2. Roll Call
3. Agenda
4. Executive Director's Report
B. Open Comment Period
1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items
C. Pacific Halibut Management
1. Annual Report of the International Pacific Halibut Commission
(IPHC)
2. Incidental Catch Recommendations: Options for Salmon Troll
and Final Action for Fixed Gear Sablefish Fisheries
D. Cross Fishery Management Plan
1. United States Coast Guard (USCG) Annual Report [CANCELLED]
2. Marine Planning
E. Salmon Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. Review of 2024 Fisheries and Summary of 2025 Stock Forecasts
3. Identify Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition of
2025 Management Alternatives
4. Recommendations for 2025 Management Alternative Analysis
5. Further Direction for 2025 Management Alternatives
6. Further Direction for 2025 Management Alternatives
7. Adopt 2025 Management Alternatives for Public Review
8. Appoint Salmon Hearing Officers
F. Ecosystem
1. 2024-25 California Current Ecosystem Status Report and 2025
Science Review Topics
G. Habitat Issues
1. Habitat Issues
H. Groundfish Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. Humpback Whale and Leatherback Sea Turtle Biological Opinion
3. Implementation of the 2025 Pacific Whiting Fishery under the
U.S./Canada Agreement and 2025 Fishery
4. Final Assessment Methodologies
5. Cordell Bank Conservation Area Revisions--Final
6. Phase 2 Stock Definitions
7. Limited Entry Fixed Gear Actions: Gear Endorsements, Cost
Recovery, and Other Administrative Changes
8. Workload and New Management Measure Priorities
9. Inseason Adjustments--Final
I. Highly Migratory Species Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. International Management Activities
3. Highly Migratory Species Roadmap
J. Administrative Matters
1. Legislative Matters
2. Approve Meeting Record
3. Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
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,
February 14, 2025 by the end of the business day.
Schedule of Ancillary Meetings
Day 1--Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Scientific and Statistical Committee: 1 p.m.
Day 2--Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee: 8 a.m.
Legislative Committee: 10 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: 2 p.m.
Day 3--Thursday, March 6, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee: 8 a.m.
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Ecosystem Workgroup: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary
Day 4--Friday, March 7, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Ecosystem Workgroup: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary
Day 5--Saturday, March 8, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary, Online
Day 6--Sunday, March 9, 2025
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary, Online
Day 7--Monday, March 10, 2025
Salmon Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants: As Necessary, Online
Day 8--Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Salmon Technical Team: 8 a.m.
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.
Dated: February 11, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-02662 Filed 2-13-25; 8:45 am]
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