[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23201-23203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10330]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF441


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and 
its advisory entities will hold public meetings.

DATES: The Pacific Council and its advisory entities will meet June 7-
14, 2017. The Pacific Council meeting will begin on Friday, June 9, 
2017 at 9 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), reconvening at 8 a.m. each 
day through Wednesday, June 14, 2017. All meetings are open to the 
public, except a closed session will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., 
Friday, June 9 to address litigation and personnel matters. The Pacific 
Council will meet as late as necessary each day to complete its 
scheduled business.

ADDRESSES: Meetings of the Pacific Council and its advisory entities 
will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton Spokane City Center, 322 N. 
Spokane Falls Court, Spokane, Washington; telephone: (509) 455-9600.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,

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OR 97220. Instructions for attending the meeting via live stream 
broadcast are given under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Tracy, Executive Director; 
telephone: (503) 820-2280 or (866) 806-7204 toll-free; or access the 
Pacific Council Web site, http://www.pcouncil.org for the current 
meeting location, proposed agenda, and meeting briefing materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The June 7-14, 2017 meeting of the Pacific 
Council will be streamed live on the internet. The broadcasts begin 
initially at 9 a.m. PT Friday, June 9, 2017 and continue at 8 a.m. 
daily through Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Broadcasts end daily at 6 p.m. 
PT or when business for the day is complete. Only the audio portion and 
presentations displayed on the screen at the Pacific Council meeting 
will be broadcast. The audio portion is listen-only; you will be unable 
to speak to the Pacific Council via the broadcast. To access the 
meeting online please use the following link: http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/webinar/join-webinar and enter the June 
Webinar ID, 897-986-459, and your email address. You can attend the 
webinar online using a computer, tablet, or smart phone, using the 
GoToMeeting application. It is recommended that you use a computer 
headset to listen to the meeting, but you may use your telephone for 
the audio portion only of the meeting. The audio portion may be 
attended using a telephone by dialing the toll number 1-562-247-8422 
(not a toll-free number), audio access code 862-846-290, and enter the 
audio pin shown after joining the webinar.
    The following items are on the Pacific Council agenda, but not 
necessarily in this order. Agenda items noted as ``Final Action'' refer 
to actions requiring the Council to transmit a proposed fishery 
management plan, proposed plan amendment, or proposed regulations to 
the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, under sections 304 or 305 of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Additional 
detail on agenda items, Council action, advisory entity meeting times, 
and meeting rooms are described in Agenda Item A.4, Proposed Council 
Meeting Agenda, and will be in the advance June 2017 briefing materials 
and posted on the Pacific Council Web site at www.pcouncil.org no later 
than May 19, 2017.

A. Call to Order
    1. Opening Remarks
    2. Roll Call
    3. Executive Director's Report
    4. Approve Agenda
B. Open Comment Period
    1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items
C. Administrative Matters
    1. Council Coordination Committee Meeting Report
    2. Fiscal Matters
    3. Legislative Matters
    4. Approval of Council Meeting Records
    5. Stock Assessment Improvement Plan Comments
    6. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) White Paper on Best 
Scientific Information Available (BSIA)
    7. Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
    8. Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
D. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
    1. Final Pacific Mackerel Stock Assessment and Management Measures
    2. Final Approval of Aerial Survey Methodology
E. Habitat
    1. Current Habitat Issues
F. Groundfish Management
    1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
    2. Trawl Catch Shares Review Draft Report and Intersector 
Allocation Report
    3. Scoping of Trawl Catch Shares Discard Survival Credits for 
Sablefish and Lingcod
    4. Final Stock Assessments and Catch Reports
    5. Scoping of Multi-year Average Catch Policy
    6. Electronic Ticket Reporting Timeline Requirements
    7. Specifications and Management Measures Process for 2019-20 
Fisheries
    8. Coastwide Non-whiting Midwater and Gear Modification Exempted 
Fishing Permit Progress Reports
    9. Final Action on Updated Coordinates for the 125 Fathom Rockfish 
Conservation Area Line in California
    10. Final Action on Inseason Adjustments
G. Pacific Halibut Management
    1. Scoping of Catch Sharing Plan Changes and International Pacific 
Halibut Commission (IPHC) Data Request Report
H. Highly Migratory Species Management
    1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
    2. Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan for West Coast 
Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS FMP)
    3. Authorization of Deep-Set Buoy Gear and Federal Permitting
    4. Proposed Deep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted Fishing Permits
    5. Recommendations for International Management Activities
I. Enforcement Issues
    1. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Law 
Enforcement (OLE) Strategic Review

Advisory Body Agendas

    Advisory body agendas will include discussions of relevant issues 
that are on the Pacific Council agenda for this meeting, and may also 
include issues that may be relevant to future Council meetings. 
Proposed advisory body agendas for this meeting will be available on 
the Pacific Council Web site http://www.pcouncil.org/council-operations/council-meetings/current-briefing-book/ no later than 
Friday, May 19, 2017.

Schedule of Ancillary Meetings

Day 1--Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Scientific and Statistical Committee Groundfish Subcommittee, 8 a.m.

Day 2--Thursday, June 8, 2017

Habitat Committee, 8 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team, 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee, 8 a.m.
Budget Committee, 10:30 a.m.
Legislative Committee, 1 p.m.

Day 3--Friday, June 9, 2017

California State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team, 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee, 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants, 3 p.m.

Day 4--Saturday, June 10, 2017

California State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team, 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management Team, 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants, Ad Hoc

Day 5--Sunday, June 11, 2017

California State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team, 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management Team, 8 a.m.

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Enforcement Consultants, Ad Hoc

Day 6--Monday, June 12, 2017

California State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team, 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management Team, 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants, Ad Hoc

Day 7--Tuesday, June 13, 2017

California State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel, 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management Team, 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants, Ad Hoc

Day 8--Wednesday, June 14, 2017

California State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation, 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation, 7 a.m.

    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Pacific Council for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council 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 Pacific 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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 
820-2280, ext. 411 at least 10 business days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: May 17, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-10330 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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