Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
| Published date | 30 July 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 36890 |
| Record Number | 2019-16143 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 36890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16143]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XV008
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting (webinar).
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SUMMARY: The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management
Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) will hold a meeting to review new benchmark and update
assessments and catch-only update assessment projections to inform new
2021 and 2022 groundfish harvest specifications. The meeting is open to
the public.
DATES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee webinar will be held Tuesday,
August 20 and Wednesday, August 21, 2019, beginning at 8:30 a.m. each
day and continuing until 5:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time or until
business for the day has been completed.
ADDRESSES: The SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee meeting will be an in-
person meeting and will also be held by webinar. The SSC's Groundfish
Subcommittee meeting will be held in the Auditorium at the National
Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725
Montlake Blvd. E, Seattle, WA 98111; telephone: (206) 860-3200. To
attend the webinar, visit: https://nwfscfram.webex.com/nwfscfram. Enter
the Webinar Access Code, which is 626 668 260, and your name and email
address (required). After logging into the webinar, dial the TOLL
number (not a toll-free number) 1-650-479-3208 or connect audio using
the computer. Technical Information and System Requirements: PC-based
attendees are required to use Windows[supreg] 7 or newer; Mac[supreg]-
based attendees are required to use Mac OS[supreg] X 10.10 or newer.
Webex supports all major iPhone[supreg], iPad[supreg],
AndroidTM phone or Android tablet OS 4.3 or newer (See webex
system requirements: https://help.webex.com/en-us/nki3xrq/Webex-Meetings-Suite-System-Requirements#reference_91D7DC41368764B9E37B8593ED86A11C). You may send
an email to Dr. Owen Hamel at [email protected] or contact him at
(206) 860-3481 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Staff Officer,
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Groundfish
Subcommittee meeting is to review groundfish stock assessments and
catch-only updates that will inform management decisions for 2021 and
beyond. Specifically, the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee will review new
benchmark assessments and Stock Assessment Review panel reports for
cabezon, longnose skate, big skate, sablefish, cowcod, and gopher/
black-and-yellow rockfish; as well as new update assessments for
petrale sole and widow rockfish. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee will
also review catch-only update projections for black rockfish, blackgill
rockfish, brown rockfish, California blue/deacon rockfish north of Pt.
Conception, canary rockfish, China rockfish, darkblotched rockfish,
Dover sole, lingcod, longspine thornyhead, rougheye/blackspotted
rockfish, shortspine thornyhead, and yelloweye rockfish.
No management actions will be decided by the SSC's Groundfish
Subcommittee. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members' role will be
development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC
and Pacific Council at the September meeting in Boise, ID.
Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas
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 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 intent of the SSC
Groundfish Subcommittee to take final action to address the emergency.
Visitors who are foreign nationals (defined as a person who is not
a citizen or national of the United States) will require additional
security clearance to access the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science
Center. Foreign national visitors should contact Ms. Stacey Miller at
(541) 867-0535 at least two weeks prior to the meeting date to initiate
the security clearance process.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt, (503) 820-
2411, at least 10 business days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 25, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-16143 Filed 7-29-19; 8:45 am]
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