[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 12708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04453]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE779]


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 Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
hold an online meeting of its Ad Hoc Highly Migratory Species (HMS) 
Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW) to discuss procedures to 
facilitate the development of new HMS gears and achieve the goals of 
the HMS Roadmap. This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Wednesday, April 23, 2025, from 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time, or until business for the 
day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The 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: Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to provide 
recommendations to the Pacific Council for identifying new and/or 
innovative HMS fishing gears and methods. Topics will include 
improvements to the HMS exempted fishing permit (EFP) process, 
including potential modifications to Pacific Council Operating 
Procedure 20 and acceptable levels of bycatch in HMS; potential 
revisions to the draft HMS Roadmap, and consideration of a FIW Terms of 
Reference. The FIW intends to develop a report for the June Advanced 
Briefing Book, for Pacific Council consideration.
    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: March 13, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-04453 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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