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III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inferences 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA732] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ecosystem Subcommittee 

of the Pacific Fishery Management 

Council’s (Pacific Council’s) Scientific 

and Statistical Committee (SSC) will 

hold an online meeting to consult with 

the NMFS California Current Integrated 

Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA) team on 

how COVID–19 impacts may affect its 

annual Ecosystem Status Report to the 

Pacific Council. The meeting is open to 

the public. 

DATES: The SSC Ecosystem 

Subcommittee’s online meeting will be 

held Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 

beginning at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard 

Time and continuing until 1 p.m. or 

until business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC Ecosystem 

Subcommittee meeting will be an online 

meeting. 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 (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the SSC Ecosystem 

Subcommittee meeting is to discuss 

impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic 

with the CCIEA team and how such 

impacts might affect its annual 

Ecosystem Status Report to the Pacific 

Council. The topics to be discussed are: 

• Adjustments to forage time series 

analyses to ensure consistency with 

previous years’ data; 

• Environmental driver: Biological 

response thresholds analysis; and 

• Groundfish distribution, port 

availability shifts, and impacts to catch 

portfolios. 

The SSC Ecosystem Subcommittee 

members’ role will be development of 

recommendations and reports for 

consideration by the SSC and the Pacific 

Council at the March 2021 Pacific 

Council meeting. 

Although nonemergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agendas 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 

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 Ecosystem 

Subcommittee 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, (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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA734] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings and Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of reports; 

public meetings, and hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

has begun its annual preseason 

management process for the 2021 ocean 

salmon fisheries. This document 

announces the availability of Pacific 

Council documents, as well as the 

anticipated dates and locations of 

upcoming Pacific Council meetings and 

public hearings hosted by the Pacific 

Council. These documents and events 

comprise the Pacific Council’s complete 

schedule for determining the annual 

proposed and final modifications to 

ocean salmon fishery management 

measures. The agendas for the March 

and April 2021 Pacific Council meetings 

will be published in subsequent Federal 

Register documents prior to the actual 

meetings. 

DATES: Written comments on the salmon 

management alternatives must be 

submitted through the Pacific Council’s 

e-portal (https://pfmc.psmfc.org.) and 

received by the public comment 

deadline prior to the April 2021 Council 

meeting. Information will be available 

on the Pacific Council’s website (http:// 

www.pcouncil.org.) as the date for the 

April Council meeting approaches. 

ADDRESSES: Documents will be available 

upon request from the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384; telephone: (503) 820– 

2280 (voice) or (503) 820–2299 (fax). 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Robin Ehlke, telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tentative Schedule for Document 

Completion and Availability 

February 16, 2021: ‘‘Review of 2020 

Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Stock 

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 

Document for the Pacific Coast Salmon 

Fishery Management Plan’’ is scheduled 

to be posted on the Pacific Council 

website at http://www.pcouncil.org. 

March 1, 2021: ‘‘Preseason Report I— 

Stock Abundance Analysis and 

Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 

2021 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations’’ is scheduled to be posted 

on the Pacific Council website at http:// 

www.pcouncil.org. 

March 22, 2021: ‘‘Preseason Report 

II—Proposed Alternatives and 

Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 

2021 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations.’’ The report will include a 

description of the adopted salmon 

management alternatives and a 

summary of their biological and 

economic impacts. The public hearings 

schedule will also be included on the 

inside cover of the report and will be 


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