[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 60651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19084]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD293]


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 Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Subcommittee of the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold an online meeting to update the 
Accepted Practices Guidelines for CPS Stock Assessments document. The 
meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC CPS Subcommittee's online meeting will be held Friday, 
September 22, 2023 beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing until 12 p.m. 
Pacific Daylight Time or until business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC CPS Subcommittee's 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 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e756c776d3075727b77706d7d7673777a6a5e70717f7f30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3d8c1dac09dd8dfd6daddc0d0dbdedad7c7f3dddcd2d29dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a>) 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: Ms. Jessi Doerpinghaus, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2415.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC CPS Subcommittee's 
meeting is to update best practices for conducting CPS stock 
assessments. Recommendations of SSC CPS Subcommittee members will 
inform the Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock Assessments in 2024, 
which is a compilation of guidelines for CPS stock assessment 
scientists. The full SSC and the Pacific Council will review the 
Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock Assessments as recommended by 
the SSC CPS Subcommittee at the November Pacific Council meeting. The 
updated version of the Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock 
Assessments will be posted on the Pacific Council's website shortly 
after the meeting.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC CPS Subcommittee. 
The SSC CPS Subcommittee members' role will be the development of 
recommendations for consideration by West Coast CPS stock assessment 
scientists.
    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 CPS 
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 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f398819a80dd989f969a9d80909b9e9a9787b39d9c9292dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="214a5348520f4a4d44484f5242494c484555614f4e40400f464e57">[email protected]</span></a>; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 30, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-19084 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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