AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY:
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) will convene a joint meeting of the Salmon Technical Team (STT) and the Scientific and Statistical Committee's Salmon Subcommittee (SSC–SC). The Model Evaluation Workgroup may also contribute and participate in this meeting.
DATES:
The online meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday October 11, 2023, and from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, 2023, as needed. All times are Pacific Daylight Time. Meeting times are an estimate, the meeting will end when business for the day has been completed.
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.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robin Ehlke, Staff Officer, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820–2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a salmon methodology review to discuss and review proposed changes to analytical methods used in salmon management that were identified at the September 2023 Council meeting. If time allows additional topics may be discussed, including but not limited to future Pacific Council agenda items and salmon-related topics of interest to the STT and SSC–SC. The STT and SSC–SC will report on the outcomes of the meeting to the Pacific Council at their November Council meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. 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 ( 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: September 19, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–20618 Filed 9–22–23; 8:45 am]
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