[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 83840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24151]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE385]


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.

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SUMMARY: The Ecosystem-Based Management Subcommittee (SSC ES) of the 
Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will convene an online meeting to review 
new forage indicators in the California Current Integrated Ecosystem 
Assessment Team's Ecosystem Status Report. This review may potentially 
inform future annual reports to the Pacific Council on the state of the 
California Current Ecosystem. The SSC ES meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC ES meeting will be held Tuesday, November 5, 2024, from 
8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. (Pacific Time) or until business for the day 
has been completed.

ADDRESSES:  This 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 announcement on the Pacific Council's website (see https://www.pcouncil.org). You may send an email to Kris Kleinschmidt 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7dcc5dec499dcdbd2ded9c4d4dfdaded3c3f7d9d8d6d699d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6308110a104d080f060a0d10000b0e0a0717230d0c02024d040c15">[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: Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2414, email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a4c9c5d6c8c1cac18ac6c1c8c8c9c5cae4cacbc5c58ac3cbd2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f323e2d333a313a713d3a3333323e311f31303e3e71383029">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC ES meeting is to 
review the approach to estimate krill abundance and the development of 
a Dungeness crab megalopae abundance index, per guidance from the 
Pacific Council in March 2024.
    No management actions will be decided by the meeting participants. 
The participants' role will be the 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 California Current Ecosystem Status Report at their March 
2025 meeting in Vancouver, WA.
    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 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 (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#573c253e24793c3b323e3924343f3a3e3323173938363679303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ee5fce7fda0e5e2ebe7e0fdede6e3e7eafacee0e1efefa0e9e1f8">[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: October 15, 2024.
Alyssa Weigers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-24151 Filed 10-17-24; 8:45 am]
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