Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 83897 [2020-28294]
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posted on the Pacific Council website at
https://www.pcouncil.org.
April 22, 2021: ‘‘Preseason Report
III—Council-Adopted Management
Measures and Environmental
Assessment Part 3 for 2021 Ocean
Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ is
scheduled to be posted on the Pacific
Council website at https://
www.pcouncil.org.
May 16, 2021: Federal regulations for
2021 ocean salmon regulations are
published in the Federal Register and
implemented.
Meetings and Hearings
January 19–22, 2021: The Salmon
Technical Team (STT) will meet online
in a public work session to draft
‘‘Review of 2020 Ocean Salmon
Fisheries, Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation Document for the Pacific
Coast Salmon Fishery Management
Plan’’ and to consider any other
estimation or methodology issues
pertinent to the 2021 ocean salmon
fisheries. The STT may also discuss
additional topics and work as time
allows, including but not limited to the
Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
Amendment 20, inclusion of Pacific
Council-adopted southern resident
killer whale management measures to
the salmon FMP, potential impacts to
fishery management due to COVID–19
in 2020, and ecosystem or
administrative matters on the Pacific
Council’s March and April 2021
meetings.
February 16–19, 2021: The STT will
meet online in a public work session to
draft ‘‘Preseason Report I—Stock
Abundance Analysis and Environmental
Assessment Part 1 for 2021 Ocean
Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ and to
consider any other estimation or
methodology issues pertinent to the
2021 ocean salmon fisheries. The STT
may also discuss additional topics as
time allows, including but not limited to
the FMP Amendment 20, inclusion of
Council-adopted southern resident
killer whale management measures to
the salmon FMP, potential impacts to
fishery management due to COVID–19
in 2020, and ecosystem or
administrative matters on the Pacific
Council’s March and April 2021
meetings.
March 23–24, 2021: Three public
hearings will be held online to receive
comments on the proposed 2021 ocean
salmon fishery management alternatives
adopted by the Pacific Council. Each
public hearing will be state-specific and
begin at 7 p.m. Public hearings focusing
on Washington and California salmon
fisheries will occur simultaneously on
March 23, and the public hearing for
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Oregon salmon fisheries will occur on
March 24. A summary of oral comments
heard at the hearings will be provided
to the Pacific Council at its April
meeting. Written comments on the
salmon management alternatives must
be submitted through the Pacific
Council’s e-portal (https://
pfmc.psmfc.org.).
Specific meeting information,
including instructions on how to join
the meeting and system requirements
will be provided in meeting
announcements on the Pacific Council’s
website (see www.pcouncil.org). You
may send an email to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820–
2412 for technical assistance.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the STT meeting agendas
may come before the STT for
discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of formal STT action during
these meetings. STT action will be
restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this document and to any
issues arising after publication of this
document requiring emergency action
under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public
has been notified of the STT’s 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 (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP)
will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 14, 2021, from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar, which can be accessed at:
https://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/ntap_
jan_2021/. Meeting audio can also be
accessed via telephone by dialing 1–
800–832–0736 and entering room
number 5068609.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this meeting is for the
Advisory Panel to (1) review the NTAP
charter, (2) recap use of chainsweep
efficiency work, (3) recap use of swept
area in assessments, (4) recap the NTAP
research priorities vote, (5) document
and discuss concerns with NEFSC
Bottom Trawl Survey, (6) discuss ways
to address concerns with NEFCS Bottom
Trawl Survey, (7) develop a list of
NTAP research priorities to vote on, and
(8) discuss other business.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic
Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XA729]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC)
Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2021, from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar, which can be accessed
at: https://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/ntap_jan_2021/. Meeting audio can
also be accessed via telephone by dialing 1-800-832-0736 and entering
room number 5068609.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is for the
Advisory Panel to (1) review the NTAP charter, (2) recap use of
chainsweep efficiency work, (3) recap use of swept area in assessments,
(4) recap the NTAP research priorities vote, (5) document and discuss
concerns with NEFSC Bottom Trawl Survey, (6) discuss ways to address
concerns with NEFCS Bottom Trawl Survey, (7) develop a list of NTAP
research priorities to vote on, and (8) discuss other business.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council
Office, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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