[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63903-63904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25467]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD577
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold advisory body meetings in Hawaii and in the Marianas Archipelago
during the month of November 2014 regarding the Council's Fishery
Ecosystem and Program Plans. All Marianas Fishery Ecosystem Plan Review
meetings will follow the same agenda.
DATES: The Marine Planning and Climate Change Committee will meet on
Wednesday, November 12, 2014, and Thursday, November 13, 2014, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.; Guam Marianas Archipelago Regional Ecosystem Advisory
Committee will meet on Thursday, November 13, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m.; Guam Plan Team, Advisory Panel, and other advisors on Thursday,
November 13, 2014, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (CNMI) Plan Team, Advisory Panel, and other advisors on
Saturday, November 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and the CNMI Marianas
Archipelago Regional Ecosystem Advisory Committee on Monday, November
17 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Marine Planning and Climate Change Committee will meet
at the Council office, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI;
telephone: (808) 522-8220. The meetings on Guam will be held in the
Gallery at the Guam Hilton, 202 Hilton Road, Tamuning, Guam; telephone:
(671) 646-1835. The meetings in the CNMI will be held in the Asuzena 2
meeting room, Fiesta Hotel, Coral Tree Avenue, Garapan, Saipan;
telephone: (670) 234-6412.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522-8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Marine Planning and Climate Change Committee Meeting
November 12, 2014
1. Introductions
2. Approval of draft agenda
3. Approval of September 15, 2014, Committee meeting minutes
4. Implementation plan for Council actions related to marine planning &
climate change
A. Review Committee's categorization & prioritization of Council's
marine planning and climate change action items
B. Review comments from Scientific & Statistical Committee
C. Review comments from Council
D. Public comment
E. Committee discussion and recommended plan for implementing
action items
5. Round-robin of area updates related to marine planning & climate
change (time permitting)
November 13, 2014
6. Draft Marine Planning and Climate Change Policy
A. Review of fisheries in Council's jurisdiction
B. Review of Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management
Act's National Standards
C. Review of Council's structure and federal fishery decision-
making process
D. Overview of ongoing amendments to Council's fishery ecosystem
plans and programs
E. Review draft MPCC policy statement
F. Public comment
G. Committee discussion and recommendations
7. Election of Officers
8. Other business and next meeting
Guam and CNMI Meetings
Council advisors and other participants will review current issues
related to the Council's program plans and fishery ecosystem plans and
provide input to assist in the evaluation and update of the fishery
ecosystem plans. The meetings may result in formal recommendations on
these topics.
Agendas (all meetings on Guam and CNMI will follow this same
agenda):
1. Welcome and Introductions
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2. Overview of the Council and its Fisheries
A. Authority and Responsibilities
B. Council Structure, Programs, and Fisheries
C. Five Year Program Plan
i. Integrating Ecosystem Information
ii. Supporting Monitoring, Data Collection, and Research
iii. Building Capacity
iv. Highly Migratory Species, Trade, and Compliance
v. Reviewing Fishery Ecosystem Plans
3. Review of Council's Fishery Ecosystem Plans
A. Background
B. Purpose
C. Intended Outcomes
D. Major missing elements
i. Climate change
ii. Protected Species
iii. Social Science
iv. Connecting the dots
4. Facilitated Evaluation of Council Programs and Focus Areas
A. Pelagic Fisheries Program
B. Island Fisheries Program
C. Ecosystems Program
i. Protected Species
ii. Human Dimensions
D. Fishing Community Program
E. Education and Outreach Program
5. Other Relevant Topics
6. Discussion and Recommendations
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before these groups for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522-8220
(voice) or (808) 522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting
date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 22, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-25467 Filed 10-24-14; 8:45 am]
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