Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation for North Atlantic Swordfish, 53869-53870 [2023-17075]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 9, 2023 / Notices Notification to Interested Parties This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e). Dated: August 2, 2023. Lisa W. Wang, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2023–17048 Filed 8–8–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XD206] Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) staff and Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) staff will present a briefing on two September Pacific Council meeting agenda items, the Chumash Sanctuary Designation and the Coral Restoration and Research Plan, to interested Pacific Council members, advisory body members, and the public. DATES: The online briefing will be held Thursday, August 24, 2023, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time, or until discussion is finished. 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 (kris.kleinschmidt@ noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 2412 for technical assistance. 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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: August 3, 2023. Diane M. DeJames-Daly, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2023–17032 Filed 8–8–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XD235] Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation for North Atlantic Swordfish National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 53869 NMFS is holding a public meeting via webinar session for the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and all interested stakeholders to receive an update and provide input on the development of the management strategy evaluation (MSE) for North Atlantic swordfish. DATES: A virtual meeting that is open to the public will be held by webinar session on August 24, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the meeting at: https://forms.gle/ QbymT8n4mYm7SP3S9. Registration will close on August 22, 2023, at 5 p.m. EDT. Instructions for accessing the webinar session will be emailed to registered participants. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Keller, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce at (301) 427–7725 or Bryan.Keller@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MSE is a process that allows fishery managers and stakeholders (e.g., industry, scientists, and non-governmental organizations) to assess how well different strategies achieve specified management objectives for a fishery. ICCAT expects to finalize its North Atlantic swordfish MSE in 2023 and anticipates adopting a management procedure in November 2023 to set the total allowable catch for 2024 and future years for the stock. NMFS, and the U.S. Government more broadly, engages in this MSE development, an important part of which involves considering stakeholder input throughout the process through various means, including consultation with the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT. The United States is also participating in the development of the North Atlantic swordfish MSE through the active involvement of U.S. scientists in the scientific work carried out by ICCAT’s Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS). The August 24 meeting is intended to update U.S. stakeholders and solicit their input on the MSE approach being developed by ICCAT for North Atlantic swordfish. NMFS will provide information on the progress of the SCRS in developing initial candidate management procedures (CMPs) and testing them based on the initial input on management objectives and other relevant matters provided by ICCAT’s Panel 4. CMPs illustrate tradeoffs associated with achieving identified management objectives related to stock status, stock safety, yield, and catch stability over time. CMP testing assists SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\09AUN1.SGM 09AUN1 53870 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 9, 2023 / Notices ICCAT in refining management objectives and narrowing the number of viable CMPs for possible adoption by the Commission. This open session Advisory Committee meeting is primarily informational in nature and is intended to increase the opportunity for stakeholder awareness and input on the North Atlantic swordfish MSE process. Discussions at the meeting will help inform U.S. scientists who are participating in the work of the SCRS as well as U.S. managers participating in relevant Commission-related meetings later in 2023 addressing the North Atlantic swordfish MSE. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: August 4, 2023. Alexa Cole, Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2023–17075 Filed 8–8–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice. 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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53869-53870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17075]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD235]


Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation 
for North Atlantic Swordfish

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is holding a public meeting via webinar session for the 
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission 
for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and all interested 
stakeholders to receive an update and provide input on the development 
of the management strategy evaluation (MSE) for North Atlantic 
swordfish.

DATES: A virtual meeting that is open to the public will be held by 
webinar session on August 24, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the meeting at: https://forms.gle/QbymT8n4mYm7SP3S9. Registration will close on August 22, 2023, at 5 
p.m. EDT. Instructions for accessing the webinar session will be 
emailed to registered participants.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Keller, Office of International 
Affairs, Trade, and Commerce at (301) 427-7725 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MSE is a process that allows fishery 
managers and stakeholders (e.g., industry, scientists, and non-
governmental organizations) to assess how well different strategies 
achieve specified management objectives for a fishery. ICCAT expects to 
finalize its North Atlantic swordfish MSE in 2023 and anticipates 
adopting a management procedure in November 2023 to set the total 
allowable catch for 2024 and future years for the stock. NMFS, and the 
U.S. Government more broadly, engages in this MSE development, an 
important part of which involves considering stakeholder input 
throughout the process through various means, including consultation 
with the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT. The United 
States is also participating in the development of the North Atlantic 
swordfish MSE through the active involvement of U.S. scientists in the 
scientific work carried out by ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research 
and Statistics (SCRS).
    The August 24 meeting is intended to update U.S. stakeholders and 
solicit their input on the MSE approach being developed by ICCAT for 
North Atlantic swordfish. NMFS will provide information on the progress 
of the SCRS in developing initial candidate management procedures 
(CMPs) and testing them based on the initial input on management 
objectives and other relevant matters provided by ICCAT's Panel 4. CMPs 
illustrate tradeoffs associated with achieving identified management 
objectives related to stock status, stock safety, yield, and catch 
stability over time. CMP testing assists

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ICCAT in refining management objectives and narrowing the number of 
viable CMPs for possible adoption by the Commission. This open session 
Advisory Committee meeting is primarily informational in nature and is 
intended to increase the opportunity for stakeholder awareness and 
input on the North Atlantic swordfish MSE process. Discussions at the 
meeting will help inform U.S. scientists who are participating in the 
work of the SCRS as well as U.S. managers participating in relevant 
Commission-related meetings later in 2023 addressing the North Atlantic 
swordfish MSE.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 4, 2023.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-17075 Filed 8-8-23; 8:45 am]
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