Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation for North Atlantic Swordfish, 45854 [2024-11417]

Download as PDF 45854 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 102 / Friday, May 24, 2024 / Notices American plaice, witch flounder, pollock, and Atlantic halibut, FY2025– 2026 U.S./Canada total allowable catches (TACs) for, Eastern GB cod, Eastern GB haddock, and GB yellowtail flounder, revisions to sub-annual catch limits and accountability measures triggers for yellowtail flounder (Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic and Georges Bank) and windowpane flounder (northern and southern) in the scallop fishery, and sector reporting requirements. They will make recommendations to the Council, as appropriate. Other business will be discussed as necessary. Although non-emergency issues not contained on the agenda may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. 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[FR Doc. 2024–11509 Filed 5–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 [RTID 0648–XD976] 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: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 May 23, 2024 Jkt 262001 The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), supported by NMFS, is holding a public meeting via webinar session to receive an update and provide input on the development of a management strategy evaluation (MSE) for North Atlantic swordfish. The meeting is open to all interested stakeholders. SUMMARY: A virtual meeting that is open to the public will be held by webinar session on June 13, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT. ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the meeting at: https://forms.gle/ jHqbXe8223HvXtxD6. Registration will close on June 11, 2024, at 5 p.m. EDT. Instructions for accessing the webinar session will be emailed to registered participants. DATES: 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. In 2023, ICCAT extended the North Atlantic swordfish management measure through 2024. ICCAT expects to finalize its North Atlantic swordfish MSE and adopt a management procedure in November 2024 to set the total allowable catch (TAC) for 2025 and future years for the stock. NMFS, and the U.S. Government more broadly, has been fully engaged in the MSE development process, an important part of which involves considering stakeholder input, including through periodic consultations 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 work carried out by ICCAT’s Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS). The June 13 meeting is primarily informational in nature. It is intended to update U.S. stakeholders on the progress of the North Atlantic swordfish MSE process and increase awareness and understanding of that process. NMFS will provide information on the progress of the SCRS in developing initial candidate management procedures (CMPs) and testing them based on the input provided to-date by ICCAT’s Panel 4 on management PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 objectives and other relevant matters. CMPs illustrate tradeoffs associated with achieving identified management objectives related to stock status, stock safety, yield, and TAC stability over time. CMP testing assists ICCAT in refining management objectives and narrowing the number of viable CMPs for possible adoption by the Commission. There will also be an opportunity for the Advisory Committee and other stakeholders to provide input to NMFS on the North Atlantic swordfish MSE. Such input helps inform U.S. scientists who are participating in the MSE work of the SCRS as well as U.S. managers participating in North Atlantic swordfish MSE meetings at the Commission level later in 2024. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: May 20, 2024. Alexa Cole, Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service. 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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 45854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11417]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD976]


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

DATES: A virtual meeting that is open to the public will be held by 
webinar session on June 13, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the meeting at: https://forms.gle/jHqbXe8223HvXtxD6. Registration will close on June 11, 2024, 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. In 2023, ICCAT 
extended the North Atlantic swordfish management measure through 2024. 
ICCAT expects to finalize its North Atlantic swordfish MSE and adopt a 
management procedure in November 2024 to set the total allowable catch 
(TAC) for 2025 and future years for the stock. NMFS, and the U.S. 
Government more broadly, has been fully engaged in the MSE development 
process, an important part of which involves considering stakeholder 
input, including through periodic consultations 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 work carried 
out by ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS).
    The June 13 meeting is primarily informational in nature. It is 
intended to update U.S. stakeholders on the progress of the North 
Atlantic swordfish MSE process and increase awareness and understanding 
of that process. NMFS will provide information on the progress of the 
SCRS in developing initial candidate management procedures (CMPs) and 
testing them based on the input provided to-date by ICCAT's Panel 4 on 
management objectives and other relevant matters. CMPs illustrate 
tradeoffs associated with achieving identified management objectives 
related to stock status, stock safety, yield, and TAC stability over 
time. CMP testing assists ICCAT in refining management objectives and 
narrowing the number of viable CMPs for possible adoption by the 
Commission.
    There will also be an opportunity for the Advisory Committee and 
other stakeholders to provide input to NMFS on the North Atlantic 
swordfish MSE. Such input helps inform U.S. scientists who are 
participating in the MSE work of the SCRS as well as U.S. managers 
participating in North Atlantic swordfish MSE meetings at the 
Commission level later in 2024.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: May 20, 2024.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-11417 Filed 5-23-24; 8:45 am]
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