Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 2 / Friday, January 3, 2025 / Notices 307 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 516A(c) and 

(e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: December 30, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31587 Filed 12–30–24; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE570] 

North Pacific Albacore United States 

Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting 

Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a U.S. 

stakeholder meeting to discuss North 

Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. 

This meeting is intended to prepare for 

potential discussions at the 2025 annual 

meetings of the Inter-American Tropical 

Tuna Commission (IATTC) and Western 

and Central Pacific Fisheries 

Commission Northern Committee 

(WCPFC NC) related to the results of the 

Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) 

for NPALB fisheries. The meeting topics 

are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The virtual meeting will be held 

on February 20, 2025, from 1 p.m. to 4 

p.m. PST (11 a.m.–2 p.m. HST). You 

must complete the registration process 

by February 13, 2025, if you plan to 

attend the meeting (see ADDRESSES). 

ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the 

meeting, which will be held by webinar, 

please register at https://forms.gle/ 

7hDuYGSCtJbnHedS9. Instructions for 

attending the meeting will be emailed to 

meeting participants before the meeting 

occurs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Reynolds, Pacific Islands 

Regional Office, tel. 808–725–5039 or 

emily.reynolds@noaa.gov or Tyler 

Lawson, West Coast Region Office, tel. 

503–230–5421 at tyler.lawson@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2024, 

the WCPFC NC and IATTC requested 

the International Scientific Committee 

on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the 

North Pacific Ocean (ISC) provide 

recommendations to relate fishing 

intensity to catch and/or effort. 

Additionally, the ISC’s Albacore 

Working Group developed criteria for 

identifying exceptional circumstances 

for the NPALB MSE. This stakeholder 

meeting is intended to discuss these 

items as well as to prepare for 

anticipated discussions at the IATTC 

and WCPFC NC in 2025. For more 

information on fishing intensity 

recommendations and identifying 

exceptional circumstances, please see 

the ISC24 Plenary Report: https://

isc.fra.go.jp/pdf/ISC24/ISC24_Plenary_

Report_r1.pdf. 

NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting 

Topics 

The meeting agenda will be 

distributed to participants in advance of 

the meeting. The meeting agenda will 

include a discussion on translating 

fishing intensity into catch and/or effort 

limits for NPALB, identifying 

exceptional circumstances for the 

NPALB MSE, and logbook updates. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be indicated when registering for 

the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by 

February 13, 2025. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 6901 

et seq. 

Dated: December 30, 2024. 

Kelly Denit, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31557 Filed 1–2–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE576] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public webinar of its Joint 

Herring Committee and Advisory Panel 

to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This webinar will be held on 

Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL 

information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/ 

meeting/register/tJwpduyopz4uGtSP_

pFIKrgZkz5BehDTaWUCouncil address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Atlantic Herring Committee and 

Advisory Panel will meet to discuss 

Amendment 10 and the timeline for the 

action and an update from the Plan 

Development Team (PDT) on draft 

analysis to date. They also plan to 

discuss Specifications for 2025—a 

summary of fishing year 2024 

preliminary catch information and 

updated catch projections from the PDT, 

and recommendations for next steps, 

make recommendation to the 

Committee/Council as appropriate. 

Other business will be discussed, if 

necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 30, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31572 Filed 1–2–25; 8:45 am] 

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