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Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

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...

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Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC321]

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

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 Atlantic Bluefin tuna. NMFS staff will also provide an update on the Marine Recreational Information Program Atlantic HMS Regional Implementation Plan.

DATES:

A virtual meeting that is open to the public will be held by webinar session on September 16, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES:

Please register to attend the meeting at: https://forms.gle/SvV5b9ijaBgTbe3R7. Registration will close on September 14, 2022, 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, (202) 897-9208 or at 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. After several years of work, ICCAT expects to finalize its Bluefin tuna MSE in 2022 and anticipates adopting a management procedure in November 2022 to set Total Allowable Catch (TACs) for 2023 and future years for both the western Atlantic and the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks of Bluefin tuna. NMFS and the United States more broadly participate in this MSE development process and have been engaging stakeholders and considering their input throughout the process through various means, including consultation with the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT. The United States also participates in the development of the Bluefin tuna MSE through active engagement by U.S. scientists in ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS).

The September 16 meeting is intended to update stakeholders and solicit their input on the MSE approach being developed by ICCAT. This includes SCRS progress in developing initial candidate management procedures (CMPs) illustrating potential management tradeoffs and the related process by ICCAT to refine management objectives to assist the SCRS in further refining and narrowing those CMPs. 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 Bluefin tuna MSE process. Discussions at the meeting will help inform U.S. scientists who are participating in the work of the SCRS, including the SCRS Species Group and Plenary meetings, scheduled for September 19-30, 2022.

In addition to MSE updates, NMFS staff will provide an update on the Marine Recreational Information Program Atlantic HMS Regional Implementation Plan for the IAC's and the public's information and background. There will be dedicated time for questions and discussion related to this plan.

Authority:16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.;16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: August 26, 2022.

Alexa Cole,

Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2022-18868 Filed 8-31-22; 8:45 am]

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“Advisory Committee Open Session on Management Strategy Evaluation for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna,” thefederalregister.org (September 1, 2022), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2022-18868/advisory-committee-open-session-on-management-strategy-evaluation-for-atlantic-bluefin-tuna.