60648 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 5, 2023 / Notices 

the Puget Sound, from September 16, 

2023 through September 15, 2024. 

Dated: August 29, 2023. 

Catherine Marzin, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19016 Filed 9–1–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD312] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public online 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ecosystem-Based 

Management and Groundfish 

Subcommittees of the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) will convene an online meeting to 

review a proposed approach for 

developing the use of ecosystem risk 

evaluation tables and any other 

Ecosystem and Climate Information for 

Species, Fisheries, and Fishery 

Management Plan (Initiative 4) materials 

provided by the Council’s Ecosystem 

Workgroup. The SSC Ecosystem-Based 

Management and Groundfish 

Subcommittee meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The SSC Ecosystem-Based 

Management and Groundfish 

Subcommittee meeting will be held 

Thursday, September 21, 2023, from 1 

p.m. until 5 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) 

or until business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC Ecosystem-Based 

Management and Groundfish 

Subcommittee meeting will be 

conducted as an online meeting. 

Specific meeting information, including 

the agenda and directions on how to 

join the meeting and system 

requirements, will be provided in the 

workshop announcement on the Pacific 

Council’s website (see 

www.pcouncil.org). You may send an 

email to 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: 

Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer, 

Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820– 

2414; email: marlene.bellman@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the SSC Ecosystem-Based 

Management and Groundfish 

Subcommittee meeting is to review an 

approach being developed by the 

Council’s Ecosystem Workgroup to 

develop ecosystem risk evaluation 

tables for several example groundfish 

species, their potential use in the 

Council process, and any intersection 

with the SSC’s scientific uncertainty 

buffers and stock category designations 

which result from the stock assessment 

process. 

No management actions will be 

decided by the meeting participants. 

The participants’ role will be 

development of recommendations and 

reports for consideration by the SSC and 

the Pacific Council at a future Council 

meeting. The Pacific Council and SSC 

are scheduled to consider the Ecosystem 

and Climate Information for Species, 

Fisheries, and Fishery Management Plan 

Initiative 4 at their March 2024 meeting 

in Fresno, CA. 

Although nonemergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda 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 workshop participants 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to 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: August 30, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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New England 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 New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public hybrid meeting of 

its Joint Groundfish Advisory and 

Recreational Advisory Panel 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 hybrid meeting will be held 

on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at 

9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: This meeting will be 

held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 50 

Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; 

telephone: (978) 777–2500. 

Webinar registration URL 

information: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

6730926944645695575. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Groundfish Advisory Panel and 

Recreational Advisory Panel will meet 

jointly to discuss Atlantic Cod 

Transition Plan—a summary of fishery 

data from the Research Track stock 

assessment for Atlantic cod. They will 

also discuss Framework Adjustment 66/ 

Specifications and Management 

Measures—an update on the 

development of draft alternatives as 

well as Framework Adjustment 68/ 

Acceptable Biological Catches (ABC) 

Control Rules—the findings from the 

facilitated meeting and Groundfish 

Committee motions from meeting held 

on August 17, 2023. The Panels will 

discuss 2024 Council Priorities— 

possible groundfish priorities for the 

Council to consider for 2024, and 

recommendations to the Groundfish 

Committee, as appropriate. Other 

business will be discussed as necessary. 


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