[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 47176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21889]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF744


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting (Webinar)

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

ACTION: Notice of 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 in 
Portland, OR. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 and 
Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 8 a.m. each morning until business 
for each day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Portland Airport 
Hotel, Garden A/B/C Room, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220; 
telephone: (503) 281-2500.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the CAB meeting is to 
review the public review draft of the catch share program five-year 
review document and continue to develop ranges of alternatives for 
Pacific Council consideration at the November 2017 Pacific Council 
meeting. The issues to be covered were identified by the Pacific 
Council at its June 2017 meeting, and include: Meeting the at-sea 
whiting fishery bycatch needs; trawl sablefish area management 
(including limits on gear switching); shoreside individual fishing 
quota (IFQ) accumulation limit; shoreside IFQ choke species management; 
and catcher-processor sector accumulation limits on permit ownership 
and harvesting/processing. Ranges of alternatives are to be developed 
and finalized for analysis over the course of the November 2017 and 
March/April 2018 Pacific Council meetings. Due to workload limitations, 
it is unlikely that all of these issues will move forward in 2018.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this 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

    This meeting is 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 10 
business days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 5, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-21889 Filed 10-10-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P