[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 60713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27593]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF912


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Crab 
Plan Team (CPT) will meet in January, in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 through 
Thursday, January 11, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel in the Aspen/
Spruce Room, 500 W 3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-
2809.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Stram, Council staff; telephone: 
(907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Through Thursday, January 11, 2018

    The CPT will review and make recommendations on:

1. Norton Sound Red King Crab final assessment OFL/ABC
2. Modeling discussions including: Chela height issue with respect to 
survey data, weighting and lambdas in Tier 3 and other assessments, 
terminal year of recruitment, MCMC posterior draws, Issues of 
bimodality as with snow crab in the 2017 assessment
3. Dynamic B0 for all applicable assessments and how to implement and 
interpret
4. Norton Sound Red King Crab final assessment OFL/ABC
5. ADFG harvest strategy uncertainties considered in TAC setting 
process for all stocks
6. Potential Alaska Board of Fisheries proposal for Aleutian Island 
golden king crab harvest strategy change
7. Format of SAFE Chapters
8. Preliminary results of Aleutian Island golden king crab genetic work
9. Use of acoustic bottom typing to inform bottom trawl sampling 
efficiency for snow crab
10. Crab Economic SAFE
    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at http://www.npfmc.org/.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Shannon Gleason at (907) 271-2809 
at least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 19, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-27593 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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