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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 105539-105540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31039]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a hybrid in person/webinar 
work session that is open to the public.

DATES: The GMT meeting will be held Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from 
12:30 p.m., Pacific standard time, until business for the day has been 
completed. The GMT will reconvene Wednesday, February 5 through Friday, 
February 7, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. until business for each day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery 
Management Council Office, Large Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador 
Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384. This work session 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). Please contact Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
([email protected]) or (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: Mr. Todd Phillips, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2426.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this work session is 
for the GMT to prepare for 2025 Pacific Council meetings. Specific 
agenda items will include: Phase 2 stock definitions, new management 
measure development and prioritization, 2027/2028 harvest 
specifications and management measure expectations, the expected 
humpback whale and leatherback sea turtle biological opinion, and GMT 
chair/vice chair elections. The GMT may also address groundfish 
management actions the Pacific Council has indicated on their Year-at-
a-Glance calendar, such as the 2025 Pacific whiting fishery and limited 
entry fixed gear follow-on actions. A detailed agenda 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 these meetings. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after

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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 auxiliary aids should 
be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt ([email protected]; (503) 
820-2412) at least 10 business days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: December 20, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-31039 Filed 12-26-24; 8:45 am]
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