[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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