West Coast Take Reduction Team

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648-XF105] AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of establishment of the West Coast Take Reduction Team and meeting; request for comment. SUMMARY: NMFS is establishing a Take Reduction Team (TRT or Team) and convening a meeting to address the incidental mortality and serious injury of the Central America/Southern Mexico—CA/OR/WA (CAM) stock and Mainland Mexico—CA/OR/WA (MM) stock of humpback whales in the WA/OR/CA sablefish pot fishery. The TRT will develop a Take Reduction Plan (TRP or Plan) as required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The TRT is charged with developing consensus recommendations to reduce incidental mortality and serious injury of these stocks in this fishery to levels approaching a zero mortality and serious injury rate for each stock within 5 years of implementation of the plan pursuant to the MMPA. DATES: The initial meeting will be held on November 20, 2025 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. PST. Additionally, NMFS will work with the TRT once the current government furlough has ended to schedule an in-person meeting as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: The first meeting of the West Coast TRT will be held virtually. A link to the meeting will be provided on the West Coast TRT website: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/​west-coast/​marine-mammal-protection/&#8…