[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37440-37441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16867]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF609
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council)
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the SSC's Groundfish
Subcommittee will convene two meetings, which are open to the public.
The SSC meetings will also be streamed online for those who want to
follow the proceedings remotely.
DATES: The SSC meeting will be held Monday, August 28, 2017 from 8 a.m.
until 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) or when business for the day
has been completed. The SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee will meet on
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. or when business for
the day has been completed.
ADDRESSES: The SSC and the SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee meetings will
be held in the Traynor Room at the National Marine Fisheries Service
Western Regional Center's Sand Point facility, Alaska Fisheries Science
Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115;
telephone: (206) 526-4000. Members of the SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee
will be attending the meeting in person at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries
Science Center and the rest of the SSC are invited to attend both
meetings via webinar.
To attend via webinar, (1) join the meeting by visiting this link
http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/webinar/join-webinar; (2) enter the
webinar ID: 368-736-003, and (3) enter your name and email address
(required). After logging into the webinar, please (1) dial this TOLL
number: 1-562-247-8422 (not a toll-free number); (2) enter the attendee
phone audio access code: 639-618-333; and (3) then enter your audio
phone pin (shown after joining the webinar). Note: We have disabled
mic/speakers as on option and require all participants to use a
telephone or cell phone to participate. Technical Information and
System Requirements: PC-based attendees are required to use
Windows[supreg] 7, Vista, or XP; Mac[supreg]-based attendees are
required to use Mac OS[supreg] X 10.5 or newer; Mobile attendees are
required to use iPhone[supreg], iPad[supreg], AndroidTM
phone or Android tablet (See the GoToMeeting WebinarApps). You may send
an email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at [email protected] or
contact him at (503) 820-2280, extension 411 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Staff Officer,
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the August 28th SSC meeting
is to review draft 2017 stock assessment documents, stock assessment
review (STAR) panel reports, and any other pertinent information for
new benchmark stock assessments for lingcod, Pacific ocean perch,
yelloweye rockfish, yellowtail rockfish, blue rockfish, deacon
rockfish, and California scorpionfish; review catch-only updates of
2015 assessments for canary and chilipepper rockfish; and consider
endorsing these assessments for use by the Pacific Council family and
other interested persons for developing management recommendations for
fisheries in 2019 and beyond. Additionally, the SSC will consider
endorsing new 2019 and 2020 overfishing limits and stock categories for
groundfish stocks.
The purpose of the August 29 SSC Groundfish Subcommittee meeting is
to review new proposed analyses informing sigmas (i.e., values
associated with assessment uncertainty) for older assessments and the
proxy stock categories used to determine acceptable biological catches
for groundfish stocks. Additionally, the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee
will review a proposal for a new stock assessment methodology for
determining stock compositions from mixed stock landings. No management
actions will be decided by the SSC or the SSC's Groundfish
Subcommittee. The SSC members' role will be development of
recommendations and reports for consideration by the Pacific Council at
its September meeting in Boise, ID. The full SSC is expected to
complete their reports at their September meeting in Boise, ID.
Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas
may be discussed, 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 Fishery Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of the intent of the SSC to take
final action to address the emergency.
All visitors to the National Marine Fisheries Service Western
Regional Center's Sand Point facility should bring one of the following
forms of identification:
Enhanced Driver's License from the states of Washington,
Minnesota, and New York
U.S. Passport
U.S. Passport Card
U.S. Department of Defense CAC
U.S. Federal agency HSPD-12 compliant ID cards
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U.S. Veterans ID
U.S. Military Dependent's ID Card
U.S. Trusted Traveler Card--Global Entry, SENTRI, or NEXUS
U.S. Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC)
State issued Real ID Compliant Driver's Licenses and
Identification Cards.
Visitors who are foreign nationals (defined as a person who is not
a citizen or national of the United States) will require additional
security clearance to access the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science
Center. Foreign national visitors should contact Dr. Martin Dorn at
(206) 526-6548 at least two weeks prior to the meeting date to initiate
the security clearance process.
Technical Information and System Requirements
PC-based attendees: Windows[supreg] 7, Vista, or XP operating
system required. Mac[supreg]-based attendees: Mac OS[supreg] X 10.5 or
newer required. Mobile attendees: iPhone[supreg], iPad[supreg],
AndroidTM phone or Android tablet required (use GoToMeeting
Webinar Apps).
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820-
2280 at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 7, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-16867 Filed 8-9-17; 8:45 am]
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