[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54332-54333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24962]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF840


North 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 North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory committees will meet in December in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The Council will hold meetings from Monday, December 4 through 
Tuesday, December 12, 2017. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 
W. 3rd Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-
2809.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans, Council staff; telephone: 
(907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will begin its plenary session 
at 8 a.m. in the Aleutian Room on Wednesday, December 6, continuing

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through Tuesday, December 12, 2017. The Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. in the King Salmon/Iliamna Room on 
Monday, December 4 and continue through Wednesday, December 6, 2017. 
The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m. in the 
Dillingham/Katmai Room on Tuesday, December 5, and continue through 
Saturday, December 9, 2017. The Halibut Charter Management Committee 
will meet Monday, December 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Room TBD). The 
Legislative Committee will meet Tuesday, December 5, 2017, from 1 p.m. 
to 4 p.m. (Room TBD).

Agenda

Monday, December 4, 2017 Through Tuesday, December 12, 2017

    Council Plenary Session: The agenda for the Council's plenary 
session will include the following issues as well as an executive 
session. The Council may take appropriate action on any of the issues 
identified.

(1) Executive Director's Report
(2) Legislative Report
(3) NMFS Management Report (including year-end inseason management 
report, Final 2018 Observer Annual Deployment Plan, Draft EM Policy 
Directive (T))
(4) NOAA GC report (including conflict of interest report (T))
(5) NOAA Enforcement Report
(6) ADF&G Report
(7) USCG Report
(8) USFWS Report
(9) Protected Species Report (including bowhead whale entanglement 
review)
(10) IPHC Report (T)
(11) 2018 Charter Halibut Management Measures
(12) Charter Halibut Permits: Latent Capacity, RQE Ownership Caps
(13) Self-guided Halibut Rental Boats
(14) BSAI Groundfish Harvest Specifications--Final Specs
(15) GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications--Final Specs
(16) Small Sideboards
(17) Bering Sea Cod Trawl CV Participation
(18) Western GOA Pcod A Season Halibut PSC Rates
(19) Western GOA Pollock C/D Season Timing Chinook PSC
(20) Western GOA Pollock Trip Limits
(21) Stranded Cod in GOA Trawl B Season
(22) Fixed Gear CV Rockfish Retention
(23) Chinook Salmon Excluder EFP Consultation
(24) Staff Tasking

    The Advisory Panel will address most of the same agenda issues as 
the Council.
    The SSC agenda will include the following issues:

(1) BSAI Groundfish Harvest Specifications--Final Specifications
(2) GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications--Final Specifications
(3) Small Sideboards
(4) Chinook Salmon Excluder EFP

    In addition to providing ongoing scientific advice for fishery 
management decisions, the SSC functions as the Council's primary peer 
review panel for scientific information as described by the Magnuson-
Stevens Act section 302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 2 
guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peer review process is also deemed to 
satisfy the requirements of the Information Quality Act, including the 
OMB Peer Review Bulletin guidelines.
    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at http://www.npfmc.org/.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. Actions 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 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 Shannon Gleason at (907) 271-2809 
at least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 14, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-24962 Filed 11-16-17; 8:45 am]
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