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 Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648-XE537]
 AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
 ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
 SUMMARY: NMFS will convene a workshop on walleye pollock in Alaska for the purposes of synthesizing ongoing research, building and strengthening collaborations, and highlighting topics which need more attention. The focus will be on biological and ecological scientific research.
 DATES: The workshop is open to the public from January 14, 2025-Jan 16, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific standard time. Please see 
                        **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION**
                         for the daily meeting agenda.
 ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a hybrid format with the in-person component in Room 2076, Building 4, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Western Regional Center, Seattle, WA. The virtual component will be held on Google Meet at: 
                        *https://meet.google.com/​wwy-yxuo-usf.* Or dial: (US) +1 636-649-4229 PIN: 118 376 198; 
                        **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
                         Cole Monnahan, 206-526-4224; 
                        *cole.monnahan@noaa.gov*.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit 
                    *https://docs.google.com/​document/​d/​1wm5by946rWdgrcdz5JgywTvC_​KueUQVFCxU9AGUdDqE.* Daily Meeting Agenda The agenda is subject to change; all times are in Pacific Standard Time (PST), and are approximate and may be changed at the discretion of the coordinators. Presentations are grouped by themes, and can focus on different large marine ecosystems (LME) in Alaska, including the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), the Northern Bering Sea (NBS), and the Eastern Bering Sea (EBS). Day 1—Tuesday January 14th
Start
                             PST
Length
                             (mins)
Theme
Presenter
Topic
LME9 a.m
15

Monnahan
Introductions9:15 a.m
15

Monnahan
Work shop goals and products: conceptual models of key processes9:30 a.m
15
Early life history
L Rogers
Changes in the timing of spawning and early life stage development
BSAI/GOA.9:45 a.m
15
Early life history
Page
Fall Condition of Young-Of-The-Year Walleye Pollock in the Southeastern and Northern Bering Sea
EBS/NBS.10 a.m
15
Early life history
Stabeno
EcoFOCI
GOA.10:15 a.m
15
Early life history
Slesinger
Population-specific and temperature effects on hatch timing and success
GOA.10:30 a.m
15


Break10:45 a.m
15
Early life history
Laurel
A history of Gulf of Alaska age-0 pollock in the nearshore
GOA.11 a.m
15
Early life history
Miller
GOA-wide juvenile gadid survey
GOA.11:15 a.m
15
Early life history
Champagnat
DSEM models to explain variation in recruitment in the GOA
GOA.11:30 a.m
30
Early life history

General Discussion
All.12 p.m
60
Early life history

Breakout discussion: building conceptual models of recruitment
Split GOA/BSAI.1 p.m
60


Lunch break2 p.m
15
Biology & feeding ecology
Goldstein
Age, growth, life history, FT-NIRS for age, condition, and reproduction
BSAI/GOA.2:15 p.m
15
Biology & feeding ecology
Lamb
Results of multi-year juvenile pollock diet study (WGOA)
GOA.( print page 104987)2:30 p.m
15
Biology & feeding ecology
Reum
Decadal patterns in walleye pollock diets in Alaskan marine ecosystems
BSAI/GOA.2:45 p.m
15
Biology & feeding ecology
Indivero
Spatio-temporal model of weight-at-age; forecasting distribution shifts with climate change and spatial overlap with choke species
EBS.3 p.m
15
Biology & feeding ecology
Miller
Patterns in movement and trophic behavior of adult walleye pollock in the Bering Sea—results from stable isotope analysis of eye lenses
EBS.3:15 p.m
15
Biology & feeding ecology
Abookire
Effects of ocean warming on weight at age, recruitment, and age structure diversity for GOA walleye pollock
GOA.3:30 p.m
15
Biology & feeding ecology
Bigman
Changes in size-at-age of pollock with temperature and oxygen
EBS.3:45 p.m
15


Break4 p.m
30
Biology & feeding ecology

General Discussion
All.4:30 p.m
60
Biology & feeding ecology

Breakout discussion: building conceptual models of growth
Split GOA/BSAI.5:30 p.m
30


Conclude for day
 Day 2—Wednesday, January 15th
Start time
                             PST
Length
                             (mins)
Theme
Presenter
Topic
LME9 a.m
15

McGowan
Recap and updates on conceptual models9:15 a.m
15
Population monitoring
Vechter
Past, current, and potential future data collections from the commercial pollock fishery
BSAI/GOA.9:30 a.m
15
Population monitoring
Yochum
Fishery-dependent data collection
BSAI/GOA.9:45 a.m
15
Population monitoring
Schaal
Genomic analysis of GOA and Bering Sea Pollock
BSAI/GOA.10 a.m
15
Population monitoring
Wassermann
Pollock population monitoring issues
BSAI/GOA.10:15 a.m
15
Population monitoring
Neidecher
Maturity, hisology, fecundity data used to assess spawning stratagy and changes in spawning patterns
BSAI/GOA.10:30 a.m
15


Break10:45 a.m
15
Population monitoring
Ressler
Acoustic-trawl surveys of pollock in Alaska—what they provide, outstanding questions
BSAI/GOA.11 a.m
15
Population monitoring
Levine
Use of moored echosounders to better understand pollock behavior
BSAI/GOA.11:15 a.m
60
Population monitoring

General Discussion
All.12:15 p.m
60


Lunch break1:15 p.m
15
Predation/food webs
Dorn
GOA-CLIM
GOA.1:30 p.m
15
Predation/food webs
Holsman
Climate integrated stock assessment advice
BSAI/GOA.1:45 p.m
15
Predation/food webs
Barnes
Predators as samplers: using food habits data to inform climate- and community-driven shifts in habitat quality for EFH species
GOA.2 p.m
15
Predation/food webs
Gerson
Using predators as samplers to quantify foraging landscapes throughout the Gulf of Alaska
GOA.2:15 p.m
15
Predation/food webs
Rovellini
Implications of arrowtooth flounder predation on pollock for GOA Optimum Yield
GOA.2:30 p.m
15


Break2:45 p.m
15
Predation/food webs
McHuron
Marine mammal consumption of pollock
BSAI/GOA.3 p.m
60
Predation/food webs

General Discussion
All.4 p.m
45


Breakout discussions for conceptual models4:45 p.m



Conclude for day
 Day 3—Thursday January 16th
Start time
                             PST
Length
                             (mins)
Theme
Presenter
Topic
LME9 a.m
15

Ferriss
Recap from day 2
GOA.( print page 104988)9:15 a.m
15
Climate/ecosystem
Miller
Establishing new trophic indices of age-0 pollock for the Bering Sea: a stable isotopic retrospective analysis of trophic response to changing ocean conditions
EBS.9:30 a.m
15
Climate/ecosystem
Wassermann
EBS pollock model-based indices
EBS.9:45 a.m
15
Climate/ecosystem
Siddon
EBS ESR and EBS Pollock risk table
EBS.10 a.m
15
Climate/ecosystem
Ferriss
GOA Risk table ecosystem information: data included and gaps
GOA.10:15 a.m
15
Climate/ecosystem
Shotwell
GOA pollock ESP indicators and applications to ABC and TAC decisions
GOA.10:30 a.m
15
Climate/ecosystem
Whitney
Can ecosystem and or socio-economic functions play a role in specifying management objectives?
BSAI.10:45 a.m
15


Break11 a.m
15
Climate/ecosystem
M. Rogers
NBS Regional Work Plan—Pollock isoscapes in warm and cold conditions
NBS.11:15 a.m
15
Climate/ecosystem
Thorson
State-space models to integrate climate and forage drivers into research and operations
EBS.11:30 a.m
15
Climate/ecosystem
Adams
Single and multi-species management strategies under climate change
GOA.11:45 a.m
60
Climate/ecosystem

General Discussion
All.12:45 p.m
60


Lunch break1:45 p.m
30
Recruitment model
TBD
Present hypothesized set of conceptual models for recruitment
GOA.2:15 p.m
30
Growth model
TBD
Present hypothesized set of conceptual models for growth
GOA.2:45 p.m
15


Break3 p.m
30
Recruitment model
TBD
Present hypothesized set of conceptual models for recruitment
BSAI.3:30 p.m
30
Growth model
TBD
Present hypothesized set of conceptual models for growth
BSAI.4 p.m
60
Report writing5 p.m



Conclude for day
 The meeting is open to the public; however, during the `Report Writing' session on Thursday, January 16th, the public should not engage in discussion. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Special requests should be directed to Cole Monnahan, via email (see 
                    **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT**
                    ). Dated: December 19, 2024. Kelly Denit, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.


[FR Doc. 2024-30733 Filed 12-23-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P