Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 23, 2020 / Notices 83897 

posted on the Pacific Council website at 

http://www.pcouncil.org. 

April 22, 2021: ‘‘Preseason Report 

III—Council-Adopted Management 

Measures and Environmental 

Assessment Part 3 for 2021 Ocean 

Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ is 

scheduled to be posted on the Pacific 

Council website at http://

www.pcouncil.org. 

May 16, 2021: Federal regulations for 

2021 ocean salmon regulations are 

published in the Federal Register and 

implemented. 

Meetings and Hearings 

January 19–22, 2021: The Salmon 

Technical Team (STT) will meet online 

in a public work session to draft 

‘‘Review of 2020 Ocean Salmon 

Fisheries, Stock Assessment and Fishery 

Evaluation Document for the Pacific 

Coast Salmon Fishery Management 

Plan’’ and to consider any other 

estimation or methodology issues 

pertinent to the 2021 ocean salmon 

fisheries. The STT may also discuss 

additional topics and work as time 

allows, including but not limited to the 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) 

Amendment 20, inclusion of Pacific 

Council-adopted southern resident 

killer whale management measures to 

the salmon FMP, potential impacts to 

fishery management due to COVID–19 

in 2020, and ecosystem or 

administrative matters on the Pacific 

Council’s March and April 2021 

meetings. 

February 16–19, 2021: The STT will 

meet online in a public work session to 

draft ‘‘Preseason Report I—Stock 

Abundance Analysis and Environmental 

Assessment Part 1 for 2021 Ocean 

Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ and to 

consider any other estimation or 

methodology issues pertinent to the 

2021 ocean salmon fisheries. The STT 

may also discuss additional topics as 

time allows, including but not limited to 

the FMP Amendment 20, inclusion of 

Council-adopted southern resident 

killer whale management measures to 

the salmon FMP, potential impacts to 

fishery management due to COVID–19 

in 2020, and ecosystem or 

administrative matters on the Pacific 

Council’s March and April 2021 

meetings. 

March 23–24, 2021: Three public 

hearings will be held online to receive 

comments on the proposed 2021 ocean 

salmon fishery management alternatives 

adopted by the Pacific Council. Each 

public hearing will be state-specific and 

begin at 7 p.m. Public hearings focusing 

on Washington and California salmon 

fisheries will occur simultaneously on 

March 23, and the public hearing for 

Oregon salmon fisheries will occur on 

March 24. A summary of oral comments 

heard at the hearings will be provided 

to the Pacific Council at its April 

meeting. Written comments on the 

salmon management alternatives must 

be submitted through the Pacific 

Council’s e-portal (https://

pfmc.psmfc.org.). 

Specific meeting information, 

including instructions on how to join 

the meeting and system requirements 

will be provided in meeting 

announcements on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the STT meeting agendas 

may come before the STT for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal STT action during 

these meetings. STT action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this document and to any 

issues arising after publication of this 

document requiring emergency action 

under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the STT’s 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 (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 17, 2020. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28292 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA729] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (MAFMC) 

Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) 

will hold a public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, January 14, 2021, from 10 

a.m. to 3 p.m. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar, which can be accessed at: 

http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/ntap_

jan_2021/. Meeting audio can also be 

accessed via telephone by dialing 1– 

800–832–0736 and entering room 

number 5068609. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is for the 

Advisory Panel to (1) review the NTAP 

charter, (2) recap use of chainsweep 

efficiency work, (3) recap use of swept 

area in assessments, (4) recap the NTAP 

research priorities vote, (5) document 

and discuss concerns with NEFSC 

Bottom Trawl Survey, (6) discuss ways 

to address concerns with NEFCS Bottom 

Trawl Survey, (7) develop a list of 

NTAP research priorities to vote on, and 

(8) discuss other business. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 17, 2020. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28294 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA666] 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 


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