80_FR_78959 80 FR 78717 - Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

80 FR 78717 - Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 242 (December 17, 2015)

Page Range78717-78718
FR Document2015-31735

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) will host a series of five webinars in January and February 2016, which are open to the public. Each webinar will begin at 1:30 p.m.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 242 (Thursday, December 17, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78717-78718]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31735]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE309


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ecosystem 
Workgroup (EWG) will host a series of five webinars in January and 
February 2016, which are open to the public. Each webinar will begin at 
1:30 p.m.

DATES: The webinars will be held January 12, January 14, January 26, 
January 28, and February 2, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The following login instructions will work for any of the 
webinars in this series.
    1. Join the meeting by visiting this link: http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/webinar/join-webinar.
    2. Enter the Webinar ID: 121-225-731.
    3. Please enter your name and email address (required).
    Once you have joined the webinar, choose either your computer's 
audio or select ``Use Telephone.'' If you do not select ``Use 
Telephone'' you will be connected to audio using your computer's 
microphone and speakers (VolP).
    If you do not have a headset and speakers, you may use your 
telephone for the audio portion of the meeting by dialing this TOLL 
number 1-(702) 489-0007 (not a toll-free number), then enter your phone 
audio access code 471-159-571, then enter your audio phone pin (shown 
after joining the webinar).
    A public listening station will also be provided at the Council 
office.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kit Dahl, Pacific Council; phone: 
(503) 820-2422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The webinars will cover the following 
topics:
     Tuesday, January 12: Contents of the Annual California 
Current Ecosystem Status Report; physical oceanography indicators
     Thursday, January 14: Biological indicators
     Tuesday, January 26: Human dimensions indicators
     Thursday, January 28: Habitat indicators
     Tuesday, February 2: Risk assessments and application of 
indicators to decision making
    Each webinar will begin with a short presentation by members of 
NOAA's California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team, 
followed by a discussion facilitated by the EWG. This webinar series is 
part of the Coordinated Ecosystem Indicator Review Initiative intended 
to address goals and objectives from the Council's Fishery Ecosystem 
Plan. Through these webinars, the EWG seeks input from Council advisory 
bodies and the public on the indicators presented in the Annual Report 
and how they can effectively support the Council's goal of integrating 
ecosystem considerations into fishery management decisions.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
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 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,

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provided the public has been notified of the intent to take final 
action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2425 at least 
5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 14, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-31735 Filed 12-16-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 242 / Thursday, December 17, 2015 / Notices 78717 Solicitation for Public Comments permit to participants in the BSAI participants in the BSAI Pacific cod pollock and flatfish trawl Category II longline Category II fisheries for the NMFS solicits public comments on fisheries for the taking of individuals taking of individuals from the Alaska the proposed permit and the from the WNP and CNP stocks of stock of ringed seals incidental to the preliminary determinations supporting humpback whales, Western U.S. stock fisheries’ operations (Table 1). As noted the permit. As noted in the summary of Steller sea lions, Alaska stock of under MMPA section 101(a)(5)(E)(ii), no above, all of the requirements to issue bearded seals, and the Alaska stock of permit is required for vessels in a permit to the following Federally- ringed seals (the that occurs within the Category III fisheries. For incidental authorized fisheries have been satisfied: U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of taking of marine mammals to be BSAI pollock trawl, BSAI flatfish trawl, the Beaufort, Chukchi, and Bering Seas) authorized in Category III fisheries, any and BSAI Pacific cod longline. incidental to the fisheries’ operations, mortality or serious injury must be Accordingly, NMFS proposes to issue a and proposes to issue a permit to reported to NMFS. TABLE 1—LIST OF FISHERIES AUTHORIZED TO TAKE SPECIFIC THREATENED AND ENDANGERED MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS Fishery Category Marine mammal stock HI deep-set (tuna target) longline .................................................. I False killer whale, MHI IFKW stock Humpback whale, CNP stock Sperm whale, Hawaii stock CA thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet (>14 in mesh) ................ I Humpback whale, CA/OR/WA stock Sperm whale, CA/OR/WA stock HI shallow-set (swordfish target) longline/set line ......................... II Humpback whale, CNP stock AK Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands flatfish trawl ................................. II Humpback whale, CNP stock Humpback whale, WNP stock Steller sea lion, Western U.S. stock Bearded seal, Alaska stock Ringed seal, Alaska stock AK Bering Sea/Aleutian Island pollock trawl .................................. II Humpback whale, CNP stock Humpback whale, WNP stock Steller sea lion, Western U.S. stock Bearded seal, Alaska stock Ringed seal, Alaska stock AK Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Pacific cod longline ..................... II Ringed seal, Alaska stock WA/OR/CA sablefish pot ................................................................ II Humpback whale, CA/OR/WA stock Dated: December 11, 2015. 1. Join the meeting by visiting this • Thursday, January 14: Biological Donna S. Wieting, link: http://www.gotomeeting.com/ indicators Director, Office of Protected Resources, online/webinar/join-webinar. • Tuesday, January 26: Human National Marine Fisheries Service. 2. Enter the Webinar ID: 121–225– dimensions indicators [FR Doc. 2015–31693 Filed 12–16–15; 8:45 am] 731. • Thursday, January 28: Habitat BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 3. Please enter your name and email indicators address (required). • Tuesday, February 2: Risk Once you have joined the webinar, assessments and application of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE choose either your computer’s audio or indicators to decision making select ‘‘Use Telephone.’’ If you do not Each webinar will begin with a short National Oceanic and Atmospheric select ‘‘Use Telephone’’ you will be presentation by members of NOAA’s Administration connected to audio using your California Current Integrated Ecosystem computer’s microphone and speakers Assessment Team, followed by a RIN 0648–XE309 (VolP). discussion facilitated by the EWG. This If you do not have a headset and webinar series is part of the Coordinated Pacific Fishery Management Council; speakers, you may use your telephone Ecosystem Indicator Review Initiative Public Meeting for the audio portion of the meeting by intended to address goals and objectives dialing this TOLL number 1-(702) 489– from the Council’s Fishery Ecosystem AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 0007 (not a toll-free number), then enter Plan. Through these webinars, the EWG Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and your phone audio access code 471–159– seeks input from Council advisory Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 571, then enter your audio phone pin bodies and the public on the indicators Commerce. (shown after joining the webinar). presented in the Annual Report and ACTION: Notice; public meeting. A public listening station will also be how they can effectively support the provided at the Council office. Council’s goal of integrating ecosystem SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Council address: Pacific Council, considerations into fishery management Management Council’s (Council) 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, decisions. Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) will host Portland, OR 97220–1384. Although non-emergency issues not a series of five webinars in January and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. contained in the meeting agenda may be February 2016, which are open to the Kit Dahl, Pacific Council; phone: (503) discussed, those issues may not be the asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES public. Each webinar will begin at 1:30 820–2422. subject of formal action during these p.m. meetings. Action will be restricted to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DATES: The webinars will be held webinars will cover the following those issues specifically listed in this January 12, January 14, January 26, topics: document and any issues arising after January 28, and February 2, 2016. • Tuesday, January 12: Contents of publication of this document that ADDRESSES: The following login the Annual California Current require emergency action under section instructions will work for any of the Ecosystem Status Report; physical 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery webinars in this series. oceanography indicators Conservation and Management Act, VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Dec 16, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17DEN1.SGM 17DEN1

78718 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 242 / Thursday, December 17, 2015 / Notices provided the public has been notified of have implemented the Southeast Data, (see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business the intent to take final action to address Assessment and Review (SEDAR) days prior to each workshop. the emergency. process, a multi-step method for Note: The times and sequence specified in determining the status of fish stocks in this agenda are subject to change. Special Accommodations the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multi- The meetings are physically step process including: (1) Data/ Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. accessible to people with disabilities. Assessment Workshop, and (2) a series Dated: December 14, 2015. Requests for sign language of webinars. The product of the Data/ Tracey L. Thompson, interpretation or other auxiliary aids Assessment Workshop is a report which Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable should be directed to Mr. Kris compiles and evaluates potential Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2425 at least datasets and recommends which [FR Doc. 2015–31736 Filed 12–16–15; 8:45 am] 5 days prior to the meeting date. datasets are appropriate for assessment BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Dated: December 14, 2015. analyses, and describes the fisheries, Tracey L. Thompson, evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. projects future population conditions, and recommends research and National Oceanic and Atmospheric [FR Doc. 2015–31735 Filed 12–16–15; 8:45 am] monitoring needs. Participants for Administration BILLING CODE 3510–22–P SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Indirect Cost Rates for the Damage Caribbean Fishery Management Assessment, Remediation, and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Restoration Program for Fiscal Year Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast National Oceanic and Atmospheric Regional Office, HMS Management 2014 Administration Division, and Southeast Fisheries AGENCY: National Oceanic and Science Center. Participants include Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), RIN 0648–XE350 data collectors and database managers; Commerce. stock assessment scientists, biologists, Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; ACTION: Notice. and researchers; constituency Southeast Data, Assessment, and representatives including fishermen, Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and environmentalists, and NGO’s; Atmospheric Administration’s AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries International experts; and staff of (NOAA’s) Damage Assessment, Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Councils, Commissions, and state and Remediation, and Restoration Program Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), federal agencies. (DARRP) is announcing new indirect Commerce. The items of discussion in the cost rates on the recovery of indirect ACTION: Notice of the second SEDAR 45 Assessment Process webinars are as costs for its component organizations post-workshop webinar for Gulf of follows: involved in natural resource damage Mexico Vermilion Snapper. 1. Using datasets and initial assessment and restoration activities for assessment analysis recommended from fiscal year (FY) 2014. The indirect cost SUMMARY: The SEDAR 45 assessment of the In-person Workshop, panelists will rates for this fiscal year and date of the Gulf of Mexico Vermilion Snapper employ assessment models to evaluate implementation are provided in this will consist of one in-person workshop stock status, estimate population notice. More information on these rates and a series of webinars. See benchmarks and management criteria, and the DARRP policy can be found at SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. and project future conditions. the DARRP Web site at DATES: The second SEDAR 45 post- 2. Participants will recommend the www.darrp.noaa.gov. workshop webinar will be held from 1 most appropriate methods and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For p.m. to 3 p.m. January 12, 2016. configurations for determining stock status and estimating population further information, contact LaTonya ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The Burgess at 301–713–4248, ext. 211, by parameters. meeting will be held via webinar. The Although non-emergency issues not fax at 301–713–4389, or email at webinar is open to members of the contained in this agenda may come LaTonya.Burgess@noaa.gov. public. Those interested in participating before this group for discussion, those SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The should contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR issues may not be the subject of formal mission of the DARRP is to restore (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) action during this meeting. Action will natural resource injuries caused by to request an invitation providing be restricted to those issues specifically releases of hazardous substances or oil webinar access information. Please identified in this notice and any issues under the Comprehensive request webinar invitations at least 24 arising after publication of this notice Environmental Response, hours in advance of each webinar. that require emergency action under Compensation, and Liability Act SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place (CERCLA) (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) (33 Fishery Conservation and Management 29405. U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and to support Act, provided the public has been FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie restoration of physical injuries to asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES notified of the intent to take final action A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– to address the emergency. National Marine Sanctuary resources 4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. under the National Marine Sanctuaries SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf Special Accommodations Act (NMSA) (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.). of Mexico, South Atlantic, and These meetings are physically The DARRP consists of three component Caribbean Fishery Management accessible to people with disabilities. organizations: the Office of Response Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Requests for sign language and Restoration (ORR) within the Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf interpretation or other auxiliary aids National Ocean Service; the Restoration States Marine Fisheries Commissions should be directed to the Council office Center within the National Marine VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Dec 16, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17DEN1.SGM 17DEN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; public meeting.
DatesThe webinars will be held January 12, January 14, January 26, January 28, and February 2, 2016.
ContactDr. Kit Dahl, Pacific Council; phone: (503) 820-2422.
FR Citation80 FR 78717 
RIN Number0648-XE30
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