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to 4 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time. The 

scheduled ending time for this GMT 

meeting is an estimate, the meeting will 

adjourn when business for the day is 

completed. 

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: 

Todd Phillips, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2426. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the GMT webinar is 

to prepare for the Pacific Council’s April 

2022 agenda items. The GMT will 

discuss items related to groundfish 

management and administrative matters 

on the Pacific Council’s agenda. The 

GMT may also address other 

assignments relating to groundfish 

management. No management actions 

will be decided by the GMT. A detailed 

agenda for the webinar will be available 

on the Pacific Council’s website prior to 

the meeting. 

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: March 4, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05004 Filed 3–8–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB869] 

Research Track Assessment for 

Northern Shortfin Squid and Butterfish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will convene the 

Research Track Assessment Peer Review 

Meeting for the purpose of reviewing 

northern shortfin squid and butterfish 

stocks. The Research Track Assessment 

Peer Review is a formal scientific peerreview process for evaluating and 

presenting stock assessment results to 

managers for fish stocks in the offshore 

U.S. waters of the northwest Atlantic. 

Assessments are prepared by the 

research track working group and 

reviewed by an independent panel of 

stock assessment experts from the 

Center of Independent Experts (CIE). 

The public is invited to attend the 

presentations and discussions between 

the review panel and the scientists who 

have participated in the stock 

assessment process. 

DATES: The public portion of the 

Research Track Assessment Peer Review 

Meeting will be held from March 7, 

2022–March 11, 2022. The meeting will 

conclude on March 11, 2022 at 6 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time. Please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the 

daily meeting agenda. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via WebEx. 

Link: https://noaanmfs-meets.

webex.com/noaanmfs-meets/ 

j.php?MTID=m8a1062743b689f

38d340622b4c9367ff. 

Meeting number (access code): 2761 

523 2146. 

Meeting password: vNhr8Y75tBu. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Traver, phone: 508–257–1642; 

email: michele.traver@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please visit the 

Northeast Fisheries Science Center 

(NEFSC) website at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-englandmid-atlantic/population-assessments/ 

fishery-stock-assessments-new-englandand-mid-atlantic. For additional 

information about research track 

assessment peer review, please visit the 

NEFSC web page at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-englandmid-atlantic/population-assessments/ 

research-track-stock-assessments. 

Daily Meeting Agenda—Research Track 

Peer Review Meeting 

The agenda is subject to change; all 

times are approximate and may be 

changed at the discretion of the Peer 

Review Chair. 

MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022 

Time Topic Presenter(s) Notes 

12 p.m.–12:15 p.m ......................... Welcome/Logistics Introductions/ 

Agenda/Conduct of Meeting.

Michele Traver, Assessment 

Process Lead.

Russ Brown, PopDy Branch Chief.

Butterfish ....................................... Mike Wilberg, Panel Chair.

12:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m ...................... Terms of Reference (TORs) #1 

and A1.

Charles Adams, Andrew Jones, 

Jason Didden, Tori Kentner.

Life history Catch Spatial Distribution Industry Perspective and 

Outreach Aging. 

1:45 p.m.–3 p.m. ............................ TORs #2 and A2 .......................... Charles Adams, Laurel Smith, 

Rob Vincent.

Survey Data Consumptive Removals. 

3 p.m.–3:10 p.m ............................. Break.

3:10 p.m.–4:40 p.m ........................ TOR #3 ......................................... Charles Adams ............................. F, R, SSB 

Productivity. 

4:40 p.m.–5:30 p.m ........................ TORs #4 and A1 .......................... Charles Adams, Laurel Smith ...... BRPs 

5:30 p.m.–5:50 p.m ........................ Discussion/Summary .................... Review Panel.

5:50 p.m.–6 p.m ............................. Public Comment ........................... Public.

6 p.m .............................................. Adjourn.


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TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2022 

Time Topic Presenter(s) Notes 

12 p.m.–12:10 p.m ......................... Welcome/Logistics ........................ Michele Traver, Assessment 

Process Lead Mike Wilberg, 

Panel Chair.

12:10 p.m.–12:45 p.m .................... TORs #4 cont. and 5 .................... Charles Adams ............................. BRPs Stock Determination. 

12:45 p.m.–1:45 p.m ...................... TOR #6 ......................................... Charles Adams ............................. Projections. 

1:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m ........................ TORs #7 and 8 ............................. Charles Adams ............................. Research Recommendations Alternative Approach. 

3:15 p.m.–3:25 p.m ........................ Break.

3:25 p.m.—4:40 p.m ...................... TOR #7 and 8 cont. ...................... Charles Adams ............................. Research Recommendations Alternative Approach. 

4:40 p.m.–5 p.m ............................. Discussion/Summary .................... Review Panel.

5 p.m.–5:10 p.m ............................. Public Comment ........................... Public.

5:10 p.m.–6 p.m ............................. Wrap Up/Key Points on Butterfish Review Panel.

6 p.m .............................................. Adjourn.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022 

Time Topic Presenter(s) Notes 

12 p.m.–12:10 p.m ......................... Welcome/Logistics ........................ Michele Traver, Assessment 

Process Lead.

Illex ............................................... Mike Wilberg, Panel Chair.

12:10 p.m.–2 p.m ........................... TORs #1 and 2 ............................. Lisa Hendrickson, Brooke 

Lowman.

Landings and Discards Surveys 

and Fishery CPUE. 

2 p.m.–2:50 p.m ............................. TOR #3 ......................................... Lisa Hendrickson, Jessica Jones 2019 age, size and maturity, trace 

element data. 

2:50 p.m.–3 p.m ............................. Break.

3 p.m.–5 p.m .................................. TORs # 4 and 5 ............................ Lisa Hendrickson, Sarah Salois, 

Paul Rago.

Fishery body size 

Environmental effects 

Stock size and Fishing mortality. 

5 p.m.–5:20 p.m ............................. Discussion/Summary .................... Review Panel.

5:20 p.m.–5:30 p.m ........................ Public Comment ........................... Public.

5:30 p.m. ........................................ Adjourn.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022 

Time Topic Presenter(s) Notes 

12 p.m.–12:10 p.m ...... Welcome/Logistics .......................................... Michele Traver, Assessment Process Lead ...

Mike Wilberg, Panel Chair.

12:10 p.m.–1:10 p.m ... TOR #5 cont. .................................................. John Manderson ............................................. Stock size and Fishing 

mortality. 

1:10 p.m.–2:10 p.m ..... TOR #6 ........................................................... Anna Mercer ................................................... In-season data. 

2:10 p.m.–3:10 p.m ..... TORs #7–9 ...................................................... Lisa Hendrickson ............................................ BRP’s 

Stock Status 

Projections. 

3:10 p.m.–3:20 p.m ..... Break.

3:20 p.m.–5:20 p.m ..... TORs #10 and 11 ........................................... Lisa Hendrickson ............................................ Research Recommendations 

Alternative approach. 

5:20 p.m.–5:40 p.m ..... Discussion/Summary ...................................... Review Panel.

5:40 p.m.–5:50 p.m ..... Public Comment .............................................. Public.

5:50 p.m.–6 p.m .......... Wrap Up/Key Points on Illex ........................... Review Panel.

6 p.m ........................... Adjourn.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022 

Time Topic Presenter(s) Notes 

12 p.m.–6 p.m ............. Report Writing ................................................. Review Panel.


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The meeting is open to the public; 

however, during the ‘Report Writing’ 

session on Friday, March 11, 2022, the 

public should not engage in discussion 

with the Peer Review Panel. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Special 

requests should be directed to Michele 

Traver, via email. 

Dated: March 4, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04981 Filed 3–4–22; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB046 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish 

and Red Drum Fisheries of the Gulf of 

Mexico; Amendments 48/5 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: Combined in a single 

document, the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) 

Fishery Management Council (Gulf 

Council) has submitted Amendment 48 

to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) 

for Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of 

Mexico and Amendment 5 to the FMP 

for the Red Drum Fishery of the Gulf of 

Mexico (Amendments 48/5) for review, 

approval, and implementation by 

NMFS. Amendments 48/5 would 

establish or modify maximum 

sustainable yield (MSY) proxies, 

maximum fishing mortality thresholds 

(MFMTs), minimum stock size 

thresholds (MSSTs), and optimum yield 

(OY) for stocks in the Reef Fish and Red 

Drum FMPs. The need for this action is 

to have biological reference points that 

can be used for determining status of the 

stocks or stock complexes consistent 

with the requirements of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act). 

DATES: Written comments on 

Amendments 48/5 must be received by 

May 9, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on Amendments 48/5 identified by 

‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021–0023’’ by either 

of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and enter 

‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021–0023’’ in the 

Search box. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ 

icon, complete the required fields, and 

enter or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Peter Hood, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, 263 13th Avenue South, St. 

Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). 

Electronic copies of Amendments 48/ 

5 may be obtained from 

www.regulations.gov or the Southeast 

Regional Office website at http://

sero.nmfs.noaa.gov. Amendments 48/5 

includes an environmental assessment 

and fishery impact statement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Hood, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, or 

email: peter.hood@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Magnuson-Stevens Act requires each 

regional fishery management council to 

submit any FMP or amendment to the 

FMP to NMFS for review and approval, 

partial approval, or disapproval. The 

Magnuson-Stevens Act also requires 

that NMFS, upon receiving a plan or 

amendment to the plan, to publish an 

announcement in the Federal Register 

notifying the public that the FMP or 

amendment to the FMP is available for 

review and comment. 

Amendments 48/5 were prepared by 

the Gulf Council and, if approved, 

would be incorporated into the 

management of Gulf reef fish and red 

drum through the respective FMPs. 

Background 

The Magnuson-Stevens Act and the 

National Standard 1 Guidelines require 

that FMPs specify a number of reference 

points for managed fish stocks, 

including maximum sustainable yield 

(MSY) or MSY proxy, and optimum 

yield, as well as status determination 

criteria (SDC), including an MFMT or an 

overfishing limit (OFL), and an MSST. 

These SDC represent the point at which 

a stock is determined to be overfished 

(i.e., below MSST) or experiencing 

overfishing (i.e., above MFMT or OFL). 

In 1999, the Gulf Council submitted the 

Generic Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) 

Amendment, which proposed 

definitions of MSY, OY, MFMT, and 

MSST for all reef fish stocks. NMFS 

approved most of the MFMT criteria, 

but disapproved all of the definitions for 

MSY, OY, and MSST because they were 

not based on biomass. 

While NMFS refers to the document 

as ‘‘Amendments 48/5’’ in this notice of 

availability, each amendment applies 

separately to the stocks in the respective 

FMPs. Amendment 5 applies to the red 

drum stock. Amendment 48 applies to 

several reef fish stocks and stock 

complexes that either have not been 

assessed or were assessed but still 

require stock status determinations. 

These include: Cubera snapper, lane 

snapper, goliath grouper, the shallowwater grouper complex (scamp, black 

grouper, yellowmouth grouper, and 

yellowfin grouper), the deep-water 

grouper complex (yellowedge grouper, 

warsaw grouper, snowy grouper, and 

speckled hind), the tilefish complex 

(golden tilefish, blueline tilefish, and 

goldface tilefish), the jacks complex 

(lesser amberjack, almaco jack, and 

banded rudderfish), and the mid-water 

snapper complex (wenchman, silk 

snapper, blackfin snapper, and queen 

snapper). Amendments 48/5 also 

addresses four reef fish stocks that have 

been assessed and have known stock 

status determinations: Hogfish, mutton 

snapper, yellowtail snapper, and black 

grouper. Amendment 43 to the Reef Fish 

FMP established references points and 

SDC for hogfish. However, OY for 

hogfish was not defined there and is 

addressed in Amendments 48/5. Mutton 

snapper, yellowtail snapper, and black 

grouper, which occur in both the Gulf 

Council and South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council areas of 

jurisdiction but are managed separately 

under each Council’s FMPs, have 

reference points and SDC specified in 

the South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper 

FMP, but not in the Gulf Reef Fish FMP. 

With respect to black grouper, that 

species is managed by the South 

Atlantic Council as a single stock but is 

managed by the Gulf Council as part of 

the shallow-water grouper complex. 

Maximum Sustainable Yield 

The MSY is the largest long-term 

average catch or yield that can be taken 

from a stock or stock complex under 


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