[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 145 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41452-41453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16427]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB287]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will hold an online meeting to review new groundfish stock 
assessments.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Tuesday, August 17, 2021, from 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: This 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 (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acc7dec5df82c7c0c9c5c2dfcfc4c1c5c8d8ecc2c3cdcd82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdd6cfd4ce93d6d1d8d4d3ceded5d0d4d9c9fdd3d2dcdc93dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a>) 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: John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee will 
review further analyses for new assessments of copper rockfish in 
California south of Pt. Conception, copper rockfish in California north 
of Pt. Conception, quillback rockfish in California, squarespot 
rockfish in California, and spiny dogfish as requested by the Pacific 
Council at their June 2021 meeting. The Groundfish Subcommittee will 
also review new assessments and stock assessment review reports for 
lingcod, and vermilion and sunset rockfishes, as well as updated catch-
only projections for canary rockfish, petrale sole, darkblotched 
rockfish, and arrowtooth flounder. Further, the Groundfish Subcommittee 
will review a catch report for yelloweye rockfish to determine the 
adequacy of rebuilding progress. The Groundfish Subcommittee will 
prepare their recommendations for SSC and Pacific Council consideration 
at their online meetings in September. Assessment recommendations may 
include endorsing these new assessments for management use or 
requesting further analyses to be reviewed at the late September review 
panel (this process is outlined in the Pacific Council's Terms of 
Reference for the Groundfish and Coastal Pelagic Species Stock 
Assessment Review Process for 2021-22).
    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

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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 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c3a8b1aab0eda8afa6aaadb0a0abaeaaa7b783adaca2a2eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="670c150e14490c0b020e0914040f0a0e0313270908060649000811">[email protected]</span></a>; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: July 28, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-16427 Filed 7-30-21; 8:45 am]
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