Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 2324-2325 [2023-00542]

Download as PDF 2324 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2023 / Notices Public Comment Public comment letters should be submitted electronically via the electronic agenda at https:// meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 2973. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XC648] North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of a public hybrid meeting. AGENCY: [FR Doc. 2023–00539 Filed 1–12–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Partial Coverage Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee (PCFMAC) will meet January 31, 2023. DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., PST. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a hybrid meeting. The in-person component of the meeting will be held at the Alaska Fishery Science Center in the Traynor Room (2076), 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115, or join the meeting online through the links at https:// meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 2973. Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 3rd Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions for attending the meeting are given under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Cleaver, Council staff; telephone: (907) 271–2809; email: sara.cleaver@ noaa.gov. For technical support, please contact our administrative staff; email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Agenda FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUMMARY: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 The PCFMAC agenda will include: (a) status update on the cost efficiencies analysis; (b) public comment; and (c) other issues and future scheduling. The agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at https:// meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 2973 prior to the meeting, along with meeting materials. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Dated: January 9, 2023. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Connection Information You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or smartphone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted online at: https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ Details/2973. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:26 Jan 12, 2023 Jkt 259001 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XC649] North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of webconference. AGENCY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Groundfish Plan Teams will meet February 2, 2023. DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, February 2, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a webconference. Join online through the link at https://meetings.npfmc.org/ Meeting/Details/2974. Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions for attending the meeting are given under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below. SUMMARY: Sara Cleaver or Diana Stram, Council staff; phone: (907) 271–2809 and email: sara.cleaver@noaa.gov or diana.stram@ noaa.gov. For technical support please contact our administrative staff; email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda Thursday, February 2, 2023 The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Plan Teams will meet to discuss prioritization of stock assessments, including frequency, assessment types, and Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) guidelines. The agenda is subject to change, and the PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 latest version will be posted at https:// meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 2974 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://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ Details/2974. Public Comment Public comment letters should be submitted electronically to https:// meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 2974. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: January 9, 2023. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2023–00541 Filed 1–12–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XC657] Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of a public online meeting. AGENCY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and the NMFS Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers will convene a virtual pre-assessment workshop to review proposed data and modeling approaches to inform groundfish stock assessments for copper rockfish, canary rockfish, and black rockfish, scheduled for assessment during 2023. The workshop is open to the public. DATES: The pre-assessment workshop will be held Tuesday, January 31, 2023, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) or until business for the day has been completed. The workshop will reconvene on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. or until business for the day has been completed. SUMMARY: The pre-assessment workshop will be conducted as an online meeting. Specific meeting information, including the agenda and ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2023 / Notices directions on how to join the meeting and system requirements, will be provided in the workshop announcement 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. Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820– 2414, email: marlene.bellman@ noaa.gov. The purpose of the pre-assessment workshop is to review proposed data inputs, modeling approaches, and any other pertinent information to inform 2023 stock assessments for copper, canary, and black rockfish. The goal of the preassessment workshop is to promote dialogue about and a common understanding between assessment teams and data providers of the best data and analytical and modeling approaches applicable to these assessments. Stock assessment teams will solicit advice from data stewards, stakeholders, and fishery managers knowledgeable about these species. No management actions will be decided by the workshop participants. The participants’ role will be development of recommendations for consideration by the stock assessment teams assigned to conduct these assessments. Assessments for these stocks are tentatively scheduled for peer review during Stock Assessment Review (STAR) panels: copper rockfish (June 5– 9, 2023), black rockfish (July 10–14, 2023), and canary rockfish (July 24–28, 2023). The Pacific Council and the Pacific Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee are scheduled to consider these draft assessments for use in informing management decisions at their September 2023 meeting in Spokane, WA. Although nonemergency issues not contained in the workshops’ agendas may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these workshops. 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 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent of the workshop lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:26 Jan 12, 2023 Jkt 259001 participants 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: January 9, 2023. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2023–00542 Filed 1–12–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XC396] Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Marine Site Characterization Surveys in the New York Bight National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental harassment authorization; request for comments on proposed authorization and possible renewal. AGENCY: NMFS has received a request from Bluepoint Wind, LLC (BPW) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys in coastal waters off of New York and New Jersey in the New York Bight, specifically within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (Lease) Area OCS–A 0537 and associated export cable route (ECR) area. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS is also requesting comments on a possible one-time, oneyear renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorization and SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2325 agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision. DATES: Comments and information must be received no later than February 13, 2023. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service and should be submitted via email to ITP.harlacher@ noaa.gov. Instructions: NMFS is not responsible for comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period. Comments, including all attachments, must not exceed a 25megabyte file size. All comments received are a part of the public record and will generally be posted online at www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act without change. All personal identifying information (e.g., name, address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit confidential business information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenna Harlacher, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. Electronic copies of the application and supporting documents, as well as a list of the references cited in this document, may be obtained online at: https:// www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-other-energyactivities-renewable. In case of problems accessing these documents, please call the contact listed above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of marine mammals, with certain exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographical region if certain findings are made and either regulations are proposed or, if the taking is limited to harassment, a notice of a proposed IHA is provided to the public for review. Authorization for incidental takings shall be granted if NMFS finds that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species or stock(s) and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2324-2325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00542]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC657]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public online meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and 
the NMFS Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers will convene 
a virtual pre-assessment workshop to review proposed data and modeling 
approaches to inform groundfish stock assessments for copper rockfish, 
canary rockfish, and black rockfish, scheduled for assessment during 
2023. The workshop is open to the public.

DATES: The pre-assessment workshop will be held Tuesday, January 31, 
2023, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) or until 
business for the day has been completed. The workshop will reconvene on 
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. or until 
business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The pre-assessment workshop will be conducted as an online 
meeting. Specific meeting information, including the agenda and

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directions on how to join the meeting and system requirements, will be 
provided in the workshop 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2414, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the pre-assessment workshop 
is to review proposed data inputs, modeling approaches, and any other 
pertinent information to inform 2023 stock assessments for copper, 
canary, and black rockfish. The goal of the pre-assessment workshop is 
to promote dialogue about and a common understanding between assessment 
teams and data providers of the best data and analytical and modeling 
approaches applicable to these assessments. Stock assessment teams will 
solicit advice from data stewards, stakeholders, and fishery managers 
knowledgeable about these species.
    No management actions will be decided by the workshop participants. 
The participants' role will be development of recommendations for 
consideration by the stock assessment teams assigned to conduct these 
assessments. Assessments for these stocks are tentatively scheduled for 
peer review during Stock Assessment Review (STAR) panels: copper 
rockfish (June 5-9, 2023), black rockfish (July 10-14, 2023), and 
canary rockfish (July 24-28, 2023). The Pacific Council and the Pacific 
Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee are scheduled to 
consider these draft assessments for use in informing management 
decisions at their September 2023 meeting in Spokane, WA.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the workshops' 
agendas may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal 
action during these workshops. 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 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the intent of the workshop 
participants 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: January 9, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-00542 Filed 1-12-23; 8:45 am]
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