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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89970-89971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26499]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE459]

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 Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will hold a meeting to update the Accepted Practices Guidelines 
for Groundfish Stock Assessments document. The SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee meeting is open to the public and is being conducted in-
person with a web broadcast that provides the opportunity for remote 
listening and public comment.

DATES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee's meeting will be held Monday, 
December 2, 2024, from 1 p.m., Pacific Time until business for the day 
is completed, and reconvene Tuesday, December 3, 2024, from 8:30 a.m., 
Pacific Time until business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee's meeting will be held in 
the Large Conference Room at the Pacific Fishery Management Council, 
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 820-
2280. This meeting is being conducted in-person with a web broadcast 
that provides the opportunity for remote public comment. 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 ([email protected]) or 
contact

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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: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee's meeting is to update accepted practices guidelines for 
conducting groundfish stock assessments. The meeting will also contain 
presentations on two associated topics: (a) use of remotely operated 
vehicle data in stock assessments and (b) results of a literature 
review of methods addressing large area closures within stock 
assessments. Recommendations of SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members 
will inform the Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock Assessments in 
2025 and 2026 document, which is a compilation of guidelines for 
groundfish stock assessment scientists. An updated version of the 
Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock Assessments in 2025 and 2026 
document will be available and posted shortly after this meeting for 
stock assessment scientists and provided to the full SSC and the 
Pacific Council in March 2025. Representatives of the Pacific Council's 
Groundfish Management Team and the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will 
also participate in the meeting as advisers.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members' role will be 
development of recommendations for consideration by U.S. West Coast 
groundfish 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 these meetings. 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 
Groundfish 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 
([email protected]; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: November 8, 2024.
Alyssa Weigers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-26499 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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