Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 221 / Friday, November 17, 2023 / Notices 80275 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD441] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and 

availability of reports. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

is preparing for the annual preseason 

management process for the 2024 ocean 

salmon fisheries. This document 

announces public meetings planned for 

Winter 2024 and the anticipated 

availability of Pacific Council 

documents in the Winter/Spring of 

2024. 

DATES: The Pacific Council will convene 

two meetings of the Salmon Technical 

Team (STT). The meetings will be held: 

(1) January 16–19, 2024, and (2) 

February 20–23, 2024. The meetings 

will begin at 1 p.m. on the first day of 

each meeting and occur daily thereafter 

from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Pacific Time. 

Meeting times are an estimate, meetings 

will end when business for the day has 

been completed. 

Pacific Council documents pertinent 

to the annual preseason management 

process will be available as each 

document is completed, which will 

occur between February and April in 

2024 and posted on the Pacific Council 

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

ADDRESSES: The STT meetings will be 

held at the Pacific Council office; 

however, the meeting venue may change 

to an online format if necessary due to 

unforeseen circumstances such as 

health and safety concerns. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

If there is a need to change to an 

online format, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robin Ehlke, Pacific Council; telephone: 

(503) 820–2410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 

January 16–19, 2024, meeting the STT 

will hold a public work session to draft 

‘‘Review of 2023 Ocean Salmon 

Fisheries, Stock Assessment and Fishery 

Evaluation Document for the Pacific 

Coast Salmon Fishery Management 

Plan’’. At the February 20–23, 2024 

meeting the STT will hold a public 

work session to draft ‘‘Preseason Report 

I—Stock Abundance Analysis and 

Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 

2024 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations’’. At both meetings, the STT 

may also consider any other estimation 

or methodology issues pertinent to the 

2024 ocean salmon fisheries, and 

discuss additional topics as time allows, 

including but not limited to future 

Council agenda items, workload 

planning, salmon rebuilding plans, etc. 

Anticipated publishing dates for 

Pacific Council documents include: 

Mid-February 2024: ‘‘Review of 2023 

Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Stock 

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 

Document for the Pacific Coast Salmon 

Fishery Management Plan.’’ 

Early March 2024: ‘‘Preseason Report 

I—Stock Abundance Analysis and 

Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 

2024 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations.’’ 

Late March 2024: ‘‘Preseason Report 

II—Proposed Alternatives and 

Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 

2024 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. 

Late April 2024: ‘‘Preseason Report 

III—Council-Adopted Management 

Measures and Environmental 

Assessment Part 3 for 2024 Ocean 

Salmon Fishery Regulations.’’ 

Although non-emergency 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 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document 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 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: November 13, 2023. 

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–XD528] 

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 Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Ad-hoc Sacramento River Fall Chinook 

(SRFC) Workgroup will hold two 2-day 

meetings. 

DATES: The online meetings will be held 

on (1) Tuesday, January 30 through 

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, daily 

from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Pacific 

Standard Time or when business for the 

day concludes, and (2) Wednesday, May 

1 through Thursday, May 2, 2024, daily 

from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., Pacific 

Daylight Time or when business for the 

day concludes. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. 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 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robin Ehlke, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Workgroup is to develop 

potential improvements to SRFC 

assessment and management for Pacific 

Council consideration that would 

evaluate current management measures, 

provide a workplan to accomplish the 

work, and eventually provide new or 


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