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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

          - [RTID 0648-XB823]

# AGENCY:

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

# ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

# SUMMARY:

                        NMFS announces a public meeting to discuss a Pacific bluefin tuna (PBF) long-term harvest strategy. This meeting is intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2022 meeting of the Joint Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)—Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Northern Committee (NC) Working Group on a long-term harvest strategy for PBF fisheries across the Pacific Ocean. The meeting topics are described under the                         **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION**                         section of this notice.                    

# DATES:

                        The virtual meeting will be held on April 1, 2022, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. PST (or until business is concluded). You must complete the registration process by March 23, 2022, if you plan to attend the meeting (see                         **ADDRESSES**                        ). Members of the public may submit written comments on meeting topics or materials to Celia Barroso at                         *celia.barroso@noaa.gov*                         by March 23, 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/​qQZzdp6LVXn2K9KD6.*                         Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting participants before the meeting occurs.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Celia Barroso, NMFS West Coast Region at                         *celia.barroso@noaa.gov,*                         562-432-1850.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

During the 6th Meeting of the Joint IATTC-WCPFC NC Working Group (JWG) meeting (July 27-29, 2021, Japan Time), the International Scientific Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) recommended that, in order to proceed with the development of a long-term harvest strategy for PBF, the JWG consider management objectives and metrics by which to measure whether a proposed harvest strategy will meet those management objectives. This April 1 meeting is to prepare for anticipated discussions at the 2022 meeting of the JWG regarding the process and information needed to evaluate the effectiveness of potential harvest strategies.

## PBF U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topic

The agenda for this meeting will be distributed to participants in advance of the meeting. The meeting agenda will include a discussion on management objectives and metrics to measure how potential future harvest strategies for PBF meet those objectives.

## Special Accommodations

                    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see                     **ADDRESSES**                    ) by March 23, 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 17, 2022.

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,

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

[FR Doc. 2022-03853 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]

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