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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 24 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 9075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02312]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE651]

Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (online).

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
hold an online meeting of its Ad Hoc Highly Migratory Species (HMS) 
Fisheries Innovation Workgroup (FIW) to discuss procedures to 
facilitate the development of new HMS gears and achieve the goals of 
the HMS Roadmap. This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Thursday, February 27, 2025, 
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, or until business for the 
day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held online. 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). 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 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to support 
the objective of identifying new and/or innovative HMS fishing gears, 
by identifying approaches to developing and refining the Pacific 
Council's exempted fishing permit process. The FIW will also review the 
draft HMS Roadmap and may develop a supplemental report for 
consideration at the Pacific Council's March meeting. Other 
considerations that may support this purpose will also be discussed. A 
meeting agenda will be posted to the Pacific Council's website in 
advance of 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 this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
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 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: February 3, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-02312 Filed 2-5-25; 8:45 am]
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