[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 1554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00358]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD624]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene a meeting of the Scientific and Statistical Committee's (SSC) 
Groundfish Subcommittee (GFSC) to review public comments associated 
with the 2021 stock assessment and 2023 rebuilding analyses of 
quillback rockfish off California. The SSC GFSC meeting is open to the 
public and will be conducted in person with a web broadcast that 
provides the opportunity for remote public comment.

DATES: The SSC GFSC meeting will be held Friday, January 26, 2024 from 
8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. (Pacific standard time) or when business for 
the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC GFSC meeting will be held in the Wallingford/Fremont 
Rooms of the Watertown Hotel/Inn, 4242 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 
98105; telephone 206-826-4242.
    This meeting is being conducted in person with a web broadcast that 
provides the opportunity for remote public comment. Specific meeting 
information, materials, and instructions for how to connect to the 
meeting remotely will be provided in the meeting announcement on the 
Pacific Council's website (see https://www.pcouncil.org). You may send 
an email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt ([email protected]) or 
contact him at 503-820-2280, extension 412 for technical assistance.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC GFSC meeting is to 
review public comments associated with the 2021 stock assessment and 
2023 rebuilding analyses of quillback rockfish off California, as 
provided during the November 2023 Pacific Council meeting. The review 
meeting will follow Terms of Reference designed for this specific 
review as requested by the Pacific Council, as well as SSC operational 
guidelines.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC GFSC. The meeting 
participants' role will be the development of recommendations and 
reports for consideration by the full SSC and Pacific Council at the 
March 2024 meeting in Fresno, California.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during these meetings. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
publication of this document 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 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 5, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-00358 Filed 1-9-24; 8:45 am]
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