Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 3 / Wednesday, January 6, 2021 / Notices 523 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA744] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of web conference. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) Crab 

Plan Team will meet January 11, 2021 

through January 14, 2021. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, January 11, 2021 through 

Wednesday, January 13, 2021, from 8 

a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 8 a.m. to 11 

a.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2021 

Alaska Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a web 

conference. Join online through the link 

at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/1845. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions 

for attending the meeting via video 

conference are given under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Armstrong, Council staff; phone; (907) 

271–2809; email: james.armstrong@

noaa.gov. For technical support please 

contact our admin Council staff, email: 

npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Monday, January 11, 2021 Through 

Thursday, January 14, 2021 

The Crab Plan Team will review the 

final 2021 stock assessment for Norton 

Sound red king crab. Additionally the 

Crab Plan Team will discuss model 

scenarios for the May 2021 stock 

assessment for Aleutian Island golden 

king crab, the 2021 crab survey, a crab 

risk matrix, VAST modeling, the 2020 

economic SAFE report, crab bycatch, a 

range of crab research topics, plans for 

the Team’s May 2021 meeting, and a 

workshop discussion of crab stock 

assessment challenges within the 

GMACS modeling framework. The 

agenda is subject to change, and the 

latest version will be posted at https:// 

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

1845 prior to the meeting, along with 

meeting materials. 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smart 

phone; or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/1845. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically to https://

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

1845. 

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

Dated: December 31, 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–XA743] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scallop Committee via webinar to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). Recommendations from this 

group will be brought to the full Council 

for formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Friday, January 22, 2021 at 9 a.m. via 

webinar. 

ADDRESSES: All meeting participants 

and interested parties can register to 

join the webinar at https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

5689812556573938448. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Scallop Committee will discuss 

Framework Adjustment 33 (FW 33): 

specifically, a review of specifications 

alternatives in FW 33 and make final 

recommendations. FW 33 will set 

specifications including acceptable 

biological catch/annual catch limit 

(ABC/ACLs), days-at-sea (DAS), access 

area allocations for Limited Access (LA) 

and Limited Access General Category 

(LAGC), Total Allowable Catch (TAC) 

for Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) 

management area, target-TAC for LAGC 

incidental catch and set-asides for the 

observer and research programs for 

fishing year 2021 and default 

specifications for fishing year 2022. 

Review options for mitigating impacts 

on Georges Bank yellowtail flounder 

and northern windowpane flounder and 

make final recommendations. They will 

also discuss Scallop Priorities: 

Reviewing the existing 2021 scallop 

work priorities and correspondence 

from the Scallopers Campaign 

requesting the Council consider 

changing the scallop priorities by 

adding LA scallop leasing listening 

sessions to the priority list and develop 

a recommendation for the Council to 

consider. The Committee may 

recommend deleting a priority if a new 

priority is added. Other business may be 

discussed, as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, 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 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. Consistent with 16 

U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

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

Dated: December 31, 2020. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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