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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3799-3800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00758]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE605]

North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of hybrid conference meetings of the North Pacific 
Fishery Management Council and its advisory committees.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory committees will meet February 3, 2025 through February 11, 
2025.

DATES: The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will 
begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, February 3, 2025, and continue through 
Wednesday, February 5, 2025. The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will 
begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, and continue through 
Saturday, February 8, 2025. The Council will begin at 8 a.m. on 
Thursday, February 6, 2025, and continue through Tuesday, February 11, 
2025. All meetings scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but depending on 
volume of public testimony, meetings may go late. All times listed are 
Alaska Time.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a hybrid conference. The in-person 
component of the meeting will be held at the Egan Center, 555 W 5th 
Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501, or join the meeting online through the links 
at https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 
3rd Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-
2809. Instructions for attending the meeting via web conference are 
given under Connection Information, below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans, Council staff; email: 
[email protected]; telephone: (907) 271-2809. For technical support, 
please contact our Council administrative staff, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

Monday, February 3, 2025 Through Wednesday, February 5, 2025

    The SSC agenda will include the following issues:

1. Administrative Issues
2. Cook Inlet salmon harvest specifications--review report
3. Salmon bycatch--Scientific and methodological second review Chum 
salmon bycatch initial review analysis

    The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3070 prior to the 
meeting, along with meeting materials.
    In addition to providing ongoing scientific advice for fishery 
management decisions, the SSC functions as the Council's primary peer 
review panel for scientific information, as described by the Magnuson-
Stevens Act section 302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 2 
guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peer-review process is also deemed to 
satisfy the requirements of the Information Quality Act, including the 
OMB Peer Review Bulletin guidelines.

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Through Saturday, February 8, 2025

    The Advisory Panel agenda will include the following issues:

1. Administrative Issues
2. Salmon bycatch--second review Chum salmon bycatch initial review 
analysis

Thursday, February 6, 2025 Through Tuesday, February 11, 2025

    The Council agenda will include the following issues. The Council 
may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.

1. Administrative Issues
2. Cook Inlet salmon harvest specifications--review report
3. Salmon bycatch--second review Chum salmon bycatch initial review 
analysis

    The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/3071 prior to the 
meeting, along with meeting materials.

Connection Information

    You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or 
smart phone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted 
online at: https://www.npfmc.org/upcoming-council-meetings. For 
technical support, please contact our administrative staff, email: 
[email protected].
    If you are attending the meeting in-person, please refer to the 
COVID

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avoidance protocols on our website, https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/.

Public Comment

    Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted 
electronically through the links at https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-next-council-meeting/. The Council strongly encourages written public 
comment for this meeting, to avoid any potential for technical 
difficulties to compromise oral testimony. The written comment period 
is open from December 20, 2024, and closes at 12 p.m. Alaska Time on 
Friday, January 31, 2025.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. Actions 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 Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 10, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-00758 Filed 1-14-25; 8:45 am]
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