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ACTION: Notice of availability of reports,
public meetings, and hearings.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
has begun its annual preseason
management process for the 2025 ocean
salmon fisheries. This document
announces the availability of Pacific
Council documents, as well as the
anticipated dates and locations of
upcoming Pacific Council meetings and
public hearings hosted by the Pacific
Council. These documents and events
comprise the Pacific Council’s complete
schedule for determining the annual
proposed and final modifications to
ocean salmon fishery management
measures. The agendas for the March
and April 2025 Pacific Council meetings
will be published in subsequent Federal
Register documents prior to the actual
meetings.
DATES: Written comments on the salmon
management alternatives must be
submitted through the Pacific Council’s
e-portal (https://pfmc.psmfc.org) and
received by the public comment
deadline prior to the April 2025 Council
meeting. Information will be available
on the Pacific Council’s website (https://
www.pcouncil.org) as the date for the
April Council meeting approaches.
ADDRESSES: Written documents will be
available upon request from the Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384, telephone: (503) 820–
2280 (voice) or (503) 820–2299 (fax).
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
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Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Angela Forristall, telephone: (503) 820–
2419.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tentative Schedule for Document
Completion and Availability
Mid-February 2025: ‘‘Review of 2024
Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Stock
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
Document for the Pacific Coast Salmon
Fishery Management Plan’’ is scheduled
to be posted on the Pacific Council
website at https://www.pcouncil.org.
Early March 2025: ‘‘Preseason Report
I—Stock Abundance Analysis and
Environmental Assessment Part 1 for
2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery
Regulations’’ is scheduled to be posted
on the Pacific Council website at
https://www.pcouncil.org.
Late March 2025: ‘‘Preseason Report
II—Proposed Alternatives and
Environmental Assessment Part 2 for
2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery
Regulations.’’ The report will include a
description of the adopted salmon
management alternatives and a
summary of their biological and
economic impacts. The public hearings
schedule will also be included on the
inside cover of the report and will be
posted on the Pacific Council website at
https://www.pcouncil.org.
April 24, 2025: ‘‘Preseason Report
III—Council-Adopted Management
Measures and Environmental
Assessment Part 3 for 2025 Ocean
Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ is
scheduled to be posted on the Pacific
Council website at https://
www.pcouncil.org.
May 16, 2025: Federal regulations for
2025 ocean salmon regulations are
published in the Federal Register and
implemented.
Meetings and Hearings
January 21–24, 2025: The Salmon
Technical Team (STT) will meet for a
public work session to draft ‘‘Review of
2024 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
2025 ocean salmon fisheries. The STT
may also discuss additional topics and
work as time allows, including but not
limited to salmon essential fish habitat
review, salmon risk tables, or
administrative matters on the Pacific
Council’s March and April 2025
meetings. The meeting is scheduled to
be held in-person at the Pacific Council
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Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220,
however an online option to allow for
the STT to be briefed on ancillary items
may be added to support those
particular discussions. Consult the
Pacific Council’s website at https://
www.pcouncil.org as the meeting date
approaches to get the most current
information.
February 18–21, 2025: The STT will
meet for a public work session to draft
‘‘Preseason Report I—Stock Abundance
Analysis and Environmental
Assessment Part 1 for 2025 Ocean
Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ and to
consider any other estimation or
methodology issues pertinent to the
2025 ocean salmon fisheries. The STT
may also discuss additional topics as
time allows, including but not limited to
those identified in the description for
the January 2025 STT work session. The
meeting is scheduled to be held inperson at the Pacific Council office
located at 7700 NE Ambassador Place,
Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220. Consult
the Pacific Council’s website at https://
www.pcouncil.org as the meeting date
approaches to get the most current
information.
March 24–25, 2025: Three public
hearings will be held to receive
comments on the proposed 2025 ocean
salmon fishery management alternatives
adopted by the Pacific Council. Public
hearings focusing on Washington and
Oregon salmon fisheries are tentatively
scheduled to occur simultaneously on
March 24, and the public hearing for
California salmon fisheries is tentatively
scheduled for March 25. Each public
hearing will be state-specific and begin
at 7 p.m. The Washington and California
public hearings are tentatively
scheduled to be held in-person and
occur in Westport, Washington and
Santa Rosa, CA. The Oregon public
hearing is scheduled to be held on-line.
Consult the Pacific Council’s website at
https://www.pcouncil.org as the meeting
date approaches to get the most current
information. 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) and
received by the public comment
deadline which is tentatively scheduled
for 5 p.m. April 7, 2025, and prior to the
start of the April 2025 Council meeting.
Verbal comments on the salmon
management alternatives are accepted
during the Council meeting consistent
with the Council’s April 2025 agenda
dates for salmon topics. Information
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will be available on the Pacific
Council’s website (https://
www.pcouncil.org) as the date for the
April Council meeting approaches.
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
Notice; issuance of permits and
permit amendments.
ACTION:
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.
Notice is hereby given that
permits and permit amendments have
been issued to the following entities
under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA) and the Endangered
Species Act (ESA), as applicable.
ADDRESSES: The permits and related
documents are available for review
upon written request via email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Skidmore (Permit No. 28223),
Sara Young (Permit No. 22678–01), and
Amy Hapeman (Permit No. 27911); at
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices
were published in the Federal Register
on the dates listed below that requests
for a permit or permit amendment had
been submitted by the below-named
applicants. To locate the Federal
Register notice that announced our
receipt of the application and a
complete description of the activities, go
to https://www.federalregister.gov and
search on the file number provided in
table 1 below.
SUMMARY:
Dated: December 6, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activities proposed are categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
As required by the ESA, as applicable,
issuance of these permits were based on
a finding that such permits: (1) were
applied for in good faith; (2) will not
operate to the disadvantage of such
endangered species; and (3) are
consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA.
Authority: The requested permits
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Notice
Applicant
NMFS Marine Mammal Laboratory,
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle,
WA 98115 (Responsible Party:
John Bengtson, Ph.D.).
Ari Friedlaender, Ph.D., University of
California at Santa Cruz, 115
McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA
95060.
Steven Emslie, Ph.D., University of
North Carolina Wilmington, 601
South College Road, Wilmington,
NC 28403.
Issuance date
85 FR 7978, February 12,
2020.
November 15, 2024.
89 FR 66068, August 14,
2024.
November 20, 2024.
89 FR 73380, September 10,
2024.
November 15, 2024.
1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.), the regulations governing the
taking and importing of marine
mammals (50 CFR part 216), the ESA of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.), and the regulations governing the
taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 222–226), as applicable.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Dated: December 5, 2024.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
AGENCY:
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Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings and Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of reports, public meetings, and
hearings.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) has
begun its annual preseason management process for the 2025 ocean salmon
fisheries. This document announces the availability of Pacific Council
documents, as well as the anticipated dates and locations of upcoming
Pacific Council meetings and public hearings hosted by the Pacific
Council. These documents and events comprise the Pacific Council's
complete schedule for determining the annual proposed and final
modifications to ocean salmon fishery management measures. The agendas
for the March and April 2025 Pacific Council meetings will be published
in subsequent Federal Register documents prior to the actual meetings.
DATES: Written comments on the salmon management alternatives must be
submitted through the Pacific Council's e-portal (https://pfmc.psmfc.org) and received by the public comment deadline prior to
the April 2025 Council meeting. Information will be available on the
Pacific Council's website (https://www.pcouncil.org) as the date for the
April Council meeting approaches.
ADDRESSES: Written documents will be available upon request from the
Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384, telephone: (503) 820-2280 (voice) or
(503) 820-2299 (fax).
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Angela Forristall, telephone:
(503) 820-2419.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tentative Schedule for Document Completion and Availability
Mid-February 2025: ``Review of 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Stock
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Document for the Pacific Coast Salmon
Fishery Management Plan'' is scheduled to be posted on the Pacific
Council website at https://www.pcouncil.org.
Early March 2025: ``Preseason Report I--Stock Abundance Analysis
and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery
Regulations'' is scheduled to be posted on the Pacific Council website
at https://www.pcouncil.org.
Late March 2025: ``Preseason Report II--Proposed Alternatives and
Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery
Regulations.'' The report will include a description of the adopted
salmon management alternatives and a summary of their biological and
economic impacts. The public hearings schedule will also be included on
the inside cover of the report and will be posted on the Pacific
Council website at https://www.pcouncil.org.
April 24, 2025: ``Preseason Report III--Council-Adopted Management
Measures and Environmental Assessment Part 3 for 2025 Ocean Salmon
Fishery Regulations'' is scheduled to be posted on the Pacific Council
website at https://www.pcouncil.org.
May 16, 2025: Federal regulations for 2025 ocean salmon regulations
are published in the Federal Register and implemented.
Meetings and Hearings
January 21-24, 2025: The Salmon Technical Team (STT) will meet for
a public work session to draft ``Review of 2024 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 2025 ocean salmon fisheries. The
STT may also discuss additional topics and work as time allows,
including but not limited to salmon essential fish habitat review,
salmon risk tables, or administrative matters on the Pacific Council's
March and April 2025 meetings. The meeting is scheduled to be held in-
person at the Pacific Council office located at 7700 NE Ambassador
Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220, however an online option to allow
for the STT to be briefed on ancillary items may be added to support
those particular discussions. Consult the Pacific Council's website at
https://www.pcouncil.org as the meeting date approaches to get the most
current information.
February 18-21, 2025: The STT will meet for a public work session
to draft ``Preseason Report I--Stock Abundance Analysis and
Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery
Regulations'' and to consider any other estimation or methodology
issues pertinent to the 2025 ocean salmon fisheries. The STT may also
discuss additional topics as time allows, including but not limited to
those identified in the description for the January 2025 STT work
session. The meeting is scheduled to be held in-person at the Pacific
Council office located at 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220. Consult the Pacific Council's website at https://www.pcouncil.org as the meeting date approaches to get the most current
information.
March 24-25, 2025: Three public hearings will be held to receive
comments on the proposed 2025 ocean salmon fishery management
alternatives adopted by the Pacific Council. Public hearings focusing
on Washington and Oregon salmon fisheries are tentatively scheduled to
occur simultaneously on March 24, and the public hearing for California
salmon fisheries is tentatively scheduled for March 25. Each public
hearing will be state-specific and begin at 7 p.m. The Washington and
California public hearings are tentatively scheduled to be held in-
person and occur in Westport, Washington and Santa Rosa, CA. The Oregon
public hearing is scheduled to be held on-line. Consult the Pacific
Council's website at https://www.pcouncil.org as the meeting date
approaches to get the most current information. 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) and received by the public comment deadline which is
tentatively scheduled for 5 p.m. April 7, 2025, and prior to the start
of the April 2025 Council meeting. Verbal comments on the salmon
management alternatives are accepted during the Council meeting
consistent with the Council's April 2025 agenda dates for salmon
topics. Information
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will be available on the Pacific Council's website (https://www.pcouncil.org) as the date for the April Council meeting approaches.
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
([email protected]) 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 Magnuson-Stevens 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
([email protected]; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 6, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-29116 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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