[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 17804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08497]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG180


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Social 
Science Planning Team will meet May 8, 2018 through May 9, 2018.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 through 
Wednesday, May 9, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel in the Birch/
Willow 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: Sarah Marrinan, Council staff; 
telephone: (907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 Through Wednesday, May 9, 2018

    The meeting agenda includes review and presentation on existing 
socio-economic data and information sources that can inform fisheries 
management in Federal fisheries off of Alaska. This will include a 
discussion of the availability of subsistence information, use of 
existing data collections (such as Economic Data Reports), and the 
Alaska Fishery Science Center skipper survey, and current Alaska 
Fishery Science Center funding proposals.
    The team will also discuss data gaps and consider long term 
strategies for prioritizing and filling these data gaps. This part of 
the agenda will include a presentation of a socio-economic gap 
analysis, discussion of past critiques from the Council's Scientific 
and Statistical Committee on information deficiencies in Council 
documents, discussion of current Council informational needs, and a 
facilitated discussion of the role of Local and Traditional Knowledge/
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and citizen science information into 
science and management.
    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at https://www.npfmc.org/committees/social-science-planning-team/

Public Comment

    Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted 
either electronically to Sarah Marrinan, Council staff: 
[email protected] or through the mail: North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, 605 W 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-
2252. In-person oral public testimony will be accepted at the 
discretion of the chair.

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: April 19, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-08497 Filed 4-23-18; 8:45 am]
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