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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

          - [RTID 0648-XB787]

# AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

# ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

# SUMMARY:

                        NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting open to the public to discuss North Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2022 annual meetings of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee (WCPFC NC) on a harvest strategy for NPALB fisheries. The meeting topics are described under the                         **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION**                         section of this notice.                    

# DATES:

                        The virtual meeting will be held on April 5, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded). You must complete the registration process by March 29, 2022, if you plan to attend the meeting (see                         **ADDRESSES**                        ). Members of the public may submit written comments on meeting topics or materials to Valerie Post at                         *valerie.post@noaa.gov*                         by March 29, 2022, and may also provide oral comments during the virtual meeting.                    

# ADDRESSES:

                        If you plan to attend the meeting, which will be held by webinar, please register at                         *https://forms.gle/​eoY4EPsnkdLTyJMP7.*                         Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting participants before the meeting occurs.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional Office at                         *valerie.post@noaa.gov,*                         (808) 725-5034.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    In 2021, the International Scientific Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) completed a management strategy evaluation (MSE) on NPALB,[1]                                          and the ISC Albacore Working Group hosted a meeting among U.S. and Canadian stakeholders from March 22-25, 2021, to review the results of the MSE. As a follow-up to the ISC meeting in March 2021, NMFS hosted a U.S. virtual meeting on June 1, 2021, for U.S. stakeholders to express their priorities and consider future management of NPALB. This April 5 meeting, is intended to follow up to the June 2021 webinar, as well as to prepare for anticipated discussions at the IATTC and WCPFC NC.                

## NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topic

This meeting agenda will be distributed to participants in advance of the meeting. The meeting agenda will include a discussion on a potential future harvest strategy for NPALB and may include, but is not limited to, candidate limit and target reference points.

## Special Accommodations

                    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see                     **ADDRESSES**                    ) by March 29, 2022.                

*Authority:*16 U.S.C. 951*et seq.,*16 U.S.C. 1801*et seq.,*                     and 16 U.S.C. 6901*et seq.*

Dated: February 10, 2022.

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

# Footnotes

1.                                                     *http://isc.fra.go.jp/​working_​groups/​albacore.html.*
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[FR Doc. 2022-03434 Filed 2-16-22; 8:45 am]

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