[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43945-43946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20038]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF684


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (webinar).

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SUMMARY: The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council's (Pacific Council's) Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will hold a meeting via webinar to review analyses informing 2019 
and 2020 groundfish harvest specifications and other matters that will 
be considered at the November 14-20, 2017 Pacific Council meetings in 
Costa Mesa, California. The webinar meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee webinar will be held Thursday, 
September 28, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) 
or until business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The SSC's Groundfish Subcommittee meeting will be held by 
webinar. To attend the webinar, (1) join the meeting by visiting this 
link http://www.gotomeeting.com/webinar; (2) enter the webinar ID: 975-
440-411, and (3) enter your name and email address (required). After 
logging into the webinar, please (1) dial this TOLL number: 1-631-992-
3221 (not a toll-free number); (2) enter the attendee phone audio 
access code: 214-350-817; and (3) then enter your audio phone pin 
(shown after joining the webinar). Note: We have disabled mic/speakers 
as an 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 
https://www.gotomeeting.com/webinar/ipad-iphone-android-webinar-apps). 
You may send an email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at 
[email protected] or contact him at 503-820-2280, extension 
411 for technical assistance. A public listening station will also be 
available at the Pacific Council office.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, Oregon 97220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: 503-820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee meeting is to review a new yelloweye rockfish rebuilding 
analysis, and review new data-limited estimates of overfishing limits 
(OFLs) for cowcod in the Monterey area, starry flounder, gopher 
rockfish off California, greenspotted rockfish north of 42[deg] N. 
lat., blue and deacon rockfishes south of

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34[deg]27' N. lat., blue and deacon rockfishes off Washington, and 
cabezon off Washington. Some of these data-limited OFLs may be reviewed 
and resolved by the SSC at the September 11-18, 2017 meeting in Boise, 
Idaho. If not, then the full suite of OFLs listed above will be 
reviewed by the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee at this September 28 
webinar meeting. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee will also review 
additional model runs from the 2017 assessment of Pacific ocean perch 
(POP) and may recommend a new assessment of POP as best scientific 
information available. Additionally, the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee 
will review a paper addressing conditions placed on the west coast 
bottom trawl groundfish fishery for shortraker rockfish, silvergray 
rockfish, and California skate by the Marine Stewardship Council.
    No management actions will be decided by the SSC's Groundfish 
Subcommittee. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members' role will be 
development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC 
and Pacific Council at the November meeting in Costa Mesa, California.
    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 
Groundfish Subcommittee 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 503-820-2411 
at least ten days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 15, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-20038 Filed 9-19-17; 8:45 am]
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