[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72040-72041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25263]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE970


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad 
Hoc Community Advisory Board (CAB) will hold a two-day meeting that is 
open to the public.

DATES: The CAB meeting will begin Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 8 a.m. 
and recess when business for the day is completed. It will continue at 
8 a.m. Thursday, November 3, 2016, adjourning when business for the day 
is completed.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Deca, Grand 
Ballroom, 4507 Brooklyn Avenue NE., Seattle, WA 98105; telephone: (206) 
634-2000.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE. Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Seger, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2416.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the CAB meeting is to 
develop recommendations for the Pacific Council pertaining to plans for 
its five-year review of the groundfish trawl catch share program 
(implemented pursuant to Amendment 20 of its groundfish fishery 
management plan). The CAB's immediate task is to comment on the 
detailed outline (blueprint) for the review document. The CAB may also 
begin some initial work on the identification of issues that may be 
taken up as follow-on regulatory actions pursuant to the results of the 
review. Additionally, the CAB will receive a presentation from the 
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Economic Data Collection Program on 
data collected from catch share program participants. The CAB's 
recommendations on the review will be conveyed for consideration by the 
Pacific Council at its November meeting in Garden Grove, California. 
During the November meeting, the Council will provide guidance to 
analysts that will be drafting the review.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during the meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
publication of this document 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 to 
take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2425 at least 
10 business days prior to the meeting date.


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    Dated: October 14, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-25263 Filed 10-18-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P