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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 106442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31035]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE560]

Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public online meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and 
the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center will convene an online pre-
assessment workshop to review proposed data and modeling approaches to 
inform a groundfish stock assessment for yellowtail rockfish in the 
area north of 40[deg]10' N. latitude, scheduled for assessment during 
2025. The workshop is open to the public.

DATES: The pre-assessment workshop will be held Thursday, January 30, 
2025, from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) or until 
business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The pre-assessment workshop will be conducted as an online 
meeting. Specific meeting information, including the agenda and 
directions on how to join the meeting and system requirements, will be 
provided in the workshop announcement on the Pacific Council's website 
(see www.pcouncil.org). You may send an email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
([email protected]) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2414; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the pre-assessment workshop 
is to review proposed data inputs, modeling approaches, and any other 
pertinent information to inform the 2025 stock assessment for 
yellowtail rockfish in the area north of 40[ordm] 10' N. latitude. The 
goal of the pre-assessment workshop is to promote dialogue and a common 
understanding between assessment teams and data providers of the best 
data and analytical and modeling approaches applicable to these 
assessments. Stock assessment teams will solicit advice from data 
stewards, stakeholders, and fishery managers knowledgeable about these 
species.
    No management actions will be decided by the workshop participants. 
The participants' role will be development of recommendations for 
consideration by the stock assessment teams assigned to conduct these 
assessments. The assessment for this stock is tentatively scheduled for 
peer review during a Stock Assessment Review (STAR) panel on May 19-23, 
2025. The Pacific Council and the Pacific Council's Scientific and 
Statistical Committee are scheduled to consider this draft assessment 
for use in informing management decisions at their September 2025 
meeting in Spokane, WA.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the workshops' 
agendas may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal 
action during these workshops. Action will be restricted to those 
issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after 
publication of this notice 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 of the workshop 
participants 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 
([email protected]; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 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. 2024-31035 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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