# North Pacific Albacore United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting Announcement
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice of public meeting.
**SUMMARY:**
NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting to discuss North Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is intended as a follow-up to a meeting held by the International Scientific Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean regarding a management strategy evaluation for NPALB. The meeting topics are described under the *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* section of this notice.
**DATES:**
The virtual meeting will be held on June 1, 2021, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. PDT (or until business is concluded). You must notify NMFS by May 24, 2021, if you plan to attend the meeting (see *ADDRESSES* ).
**ADDRESSES:**
If you plan to attend the meeting, which will be held by webinar, please notify Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional Office, NMFS, by email at *[email protected].* Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting participants before the meeting occurs.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Celia Barroso, West Coast Region, at *[email protected]* or 562-432-1850.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The International Scientific Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) recently completed a management strategy evaluation (MSE) on North Pacific albacore (NPALB), [^1] and the ISC Albacore Working Group hosted a meeting among U.S. and Canadian stakeholders from March 22-25, 2021, to review the results of the MSE. As a follow-up to the ISC meeting in March 2021, this U.S. stakeholder meeting is an opportunity for U.S. stakeholders to express their priorities and consider future management of NPALB.
[^1]*http://isc.fra.go.jp/working_groups/albacore.html.*
**NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topics**
This meeting will have an agenda that will be distributed to participants in advance of the meeting. The meeting agenda will include, but is not limited to, the following topics:
(1) Results of the ISC NPALB MSE.
(2) Management objectives.
(3) Discussion of potential future harvest strategy for NPALB.
**Special Accommodations**
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Valerie Post (see *ADDRESSES* ) by May 24, 2021.
**Authority:**
16 U.S.C. 951 *et seq.,* 16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.,* and 16 U.S.C. 6901 *et seq.*
Dated: May 17, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.