82_FR_37592 82 FR 37439 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

82 FR 37439 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 153 (August 10, 2017)

Page Range37439-37440
FR Document2017-16863

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Spiny Dogfish Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to review recent fishery performance and develop a Fishery Performance Report and/or other recommendations in preparation for the Council's review of specifications at the October 2017 Council meeting.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-16863]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF595


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Spiny 
Dogfish Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to review recent fishery 
performance and develop a Fishery Performance Report and/or other 
recommendations in preparation for the Council's review of 
specifications at the October 2017 Council meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, August 24, 2017, from 1 p.m. 
to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar, but anyone can also 
attend at the Council office address (see below). The webinar link is: 
http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/dogfishap2017/. Please call the Council 
at least 24 hours in advance if you wish to attend at the Council 
office.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 
526-5255. The Council's Web site,

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www.mafmc.org also has details on the proposed agenda, webinar access, 
and briefing materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to create a 
Fishery Performance Report by the Council's Spiny Dogfish Advisory 
Panel. The intent of the report is to facilitate structured input from 
the Advisory Panel members into the specifications process. Spiny 
dogfish specifications were previously set for the 2016-2018 fishing 
years, but the Council and its Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) review the performance of multi-year specifications each year.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Actions 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 Council's 
intent 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 aid should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 7, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-16863 Filed 8-9-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 153 / Thursday, August 10, 2017 / Notices 37439 Special Accommodations Place Drive, Suite 201, North section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens This meeting is physically accessible Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571– Fishery Conservation and Management to people with disabilities. Requests for 4366; email: julia.byrd@safmc.net. Act, provided the public has been sign language interpretation or other SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf notified of the intent to take final action auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. of Mexico, South Atlantic, and to address the emergency. Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820–2411 at Caribbean Fishery Management Special Accommodations least 10 business days prior to the Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf This meeting is accessible to people meeting date. States Marine Fisheries Commissions, with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary Dated: August 7, 2017. aids should be directed to the SAFMC have implemented the Southeast Data, Tracey L. Thompson, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) office (see ADDRESSES) at least 10 Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable process, a multi-step method for business days prior to the meeting. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. determining the status of fish stocks in Note: The times and sequence specified in [FR Doc. 2017–16866 Filed 8–9–17; 8:45 am] the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a three- this agenda are subject to change. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P step process including: (1) Data Workshop; (2) Assessment Process Authority: 16 U.S.C. et seq. utilizing a workshop and webinars; and Dated: August 7, 2017. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (3) Review Workshop. The product of Tracey L. Thompson, the Data Workshop is a data report Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable National Oceanic and Atmospheric which compiles and evaluates potential Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Administration datasets and recommends which [FR Doc. 2017–16862 Filed 8–9–17; 8:45 am] RIN 0648–XF545 datasets are appropriate for assessment BILLING CODE 3510–22–P analyses. The product of the Assessment Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Process is a stock assessment report Southeast Data, Assessment, and which describes the fisheries, evaluates DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks, projects future National Oceanic and Atmospheric AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries population conditions, and recommends Administration Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), research and monitoring needs. The RIN 0648–XF595 Commerce. assessment is independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop. The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 50 Review product of the Review Workshop is a Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings Workshop for South Atlantic Blueline Summary documenting panel opinions Tilefish. regarding the strengths and weaknesses AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries of the stock assessment and input data. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and SUMMARY: The SEDAR 50 assessment of Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Atlantic stock of Blueline Tilefish Participants for SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Commerce. will consist of a series of workshops and Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. webinars: Data Workshops; an Assessment Workshop and webinars; Management Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery and a Review Workshop. See Management Council’s (Council) Spiny SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Highly Migratory Species Management Division, and Southeast Fisheries Dogfish Advisory Panel (AP) will meet DATES: The SEDAR 50 Review to review recent fishery performance Science Center. Participants include: Workshop will be held on August 29– and develop a Fishery Performance Data collectors and database managers; 30, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.; Report and/or other recommendations stock assessment scientists, biologists, and August 31, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. in preparation for the Council’s review and researchers; constituency until 1 p.m. The established times may of specifications at the October 2017 representatives including fishermen, be adjusted as necessary to Council meeting. environmentalists, and non- accommodate the timely completion of DATES: The meeting will be held governmental organizations (NGOs); discussion relevant to the assessment Thursday, August 24, 2017, from 1 p.m. international experts; and staff of process. Such adjustments may result in to 4 p.m. Councils, Commissions, and state and the meeting being extended from, or ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held federal agencies. completed prior to the time established The items of discussion in the Review via webinar, but anyone can also attend by this notice. Workshop are as follows: at the Council office address (see ADDRESSES: below). The webinar link is: http:// Independent peer review of the assessment Meeting address: The SEDAR 50 developed during the Data Workshop and mafmc.adobeconnect.com/ Review Workshop will be held at the Assessment Process. Panelists will review the dogfishap2017/. Please call the Council Doubletree by Hilton Atlantic Beach assessment and document their comments at least 24 hours in advance if you wish Oceanfront Hotel, 2712 West Fort and recommendations in a Summary Report. to attend at the Council office. Macon Road, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512; Although non-emergency issues not Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery telephone: (252) 240–1155. contained in this agenda may come Management Council, 800 N. State St., mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES SEDAR address: South Atlantic before this group for discussion, those Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: Fishery Management Council, 4055 issues may not be the subject of formal (302) 674–2331. Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. action during this meeting. Action will FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charleston, SC 29405; be restricted to those issues specifically Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive www.sedarweb.org. identified in this notice and any issues Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia arising after publication of this notice Management Council; telephone: (302) Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber that require emergency action under 526–5255. 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37440 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 153 / Thursday, August 10, 2017 / Notices www.mafmc.org also has details on the meetings, which are open to the public. documents, stock assessment review proposed agenda, webinar access, and The SSC meetings will also be streamed (STAR) panel reports, and any other briefing materials. online for those who want to follow the pertinent information for new SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proceedings remotely. benchmark stock assessments for purpose of the meeting is to create a DATES: The SSC meeting will be held lingcod, Pacific ocean perch, yelloweye Fishery Performance Report by the Monday, August 28, 2017 from 8 a.m. rockfish, yellowtail rockfish, blue Council’s Spiny Dogfish Advisory until 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) rockfish, deacon rockfish, and California Panel. The intent of the report is to or when business for the day has been scorpionfish; review catch-only updates facilitate structured input from the completed. The SSC’s Groundfish of 2015 assessments for canary and Advisory Panel members into the Subcommittee will meet on Tuesday, chilipepper rockfish; and consider specifications process. Spiny dogfish August 29, 2017 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. endorsing these assessments for use by specifications were previously set for or when business for the day has been the Pacific Council family and other the 2016–2018 fishing years, but the completed. interested persons for developing Council and its Scientific and Statistical ADDRESSES: The SSC and the SSC’s management recommendations for Committee (SSC) review the Groundfish Subcommittee meetings will fisheries in 2019 and beyond. performance of multi-year specifications be held in the Traynor Room at the Additionally, the SSC will consider each year. National Marine Fisheries Service endorsing new 2019 and 2020 Although other non-emergency issues Western Regional Center’s Sand Point overfishing limits and stock categories not on the agenda may come before this facility, Alaska Fisheries Science for groundfish stocks. Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., The purpose of the August 29 SSC group for discussion, those issues may Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115; Groundfish Subcommittee meeting is to not be the subject of formal action telephone: (206) 526–4000. Members of review new proposed analyses during this meeting. Actions will be the SSC’s Groundfish Subcommittee informing sigmas (i.e., values associated restricted to those issues specifically will be attending the meeting in person with assessment uncertainty) for older listed in this notice and any issues at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science assessments and the proxy stock arising after publication of this notice Center and the rest of the SSC are categories used to determine acceptable that require emergency action under invited to attend both meetings via biological catches for groundfish stocks. Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Additionally, the SSC Groundfish Fishery Conservation and Management webinar. To attend via webinar, (1) join the Subcommittee will review a proposal Act, provided the public has been for a new stock assessment methodology notified of the Council’s intent to take meeting by visiting this link http:// www.gotomeeting.com/online/webinar/ for determining stock compositions final action to address the emergency. from mixed stock landings. No join-webinar; (2) enter the webinar ID: Special Accommodations 368–736–003, and (3) enter your name management actions will be decided by and email address (required). After the SSC or the SSC’s Groundfish These meetings are physically logging into the webinar, please (1) dial Subcommittee. The SSC members’ role accessible to people with disabilities. will be development of Requests for sign language this TOLL number: 1–562–247–8422 recommendations and reports for interpretation or other auxiliary aid (not a toll-free number); (2) enter the consideration by the Pacific Council at should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, attendee phone audio access code: 639– its September meeting in Boise, ID. The (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to 618–333; and (3) then enter your audio full SSC is expected to complete their the meeting date. phone pin (shown after joining the reports at their September meeting in Dated: August 7, 2017. webinar). Note: We have disabled mic/ Boise, ID. speakers as on option and require all Although nonemergency issues not Tracey L. Thompson, participants to use a telephone or cell contained in the meeting agendas may Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable phone to participate. Technical be discussed, those issues may not be Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Information and System Requirements: the subject of formal action during these [FR Doc. 2017–16863 Filed 8–9–17; 8:45 am] PC-based attendees are required to use meetings. Action will be restricted to BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Windows® 7, Vista, or XP; Mac®-based those issues specifically listed in this attendees are required to use Mac OS® notice and any issues arising after X 10.5 or newer; Mobile attendees are publication of this notice that require DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE required to use iPhone®, iPad®, emergency action under Section 305(c) National Oceanic and Atmospheric AndroidTM phone or Android tablet (See of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Administration the GoToMeeting WebinarApps). You Conservation and Management Act, may send an email to Mr. Kris provided the public has been notified of RIN 0648–XF609 Kleinschmidt at Kris.Kleinschmidt@ the intent of the SSC to take final action noaa.gov or contact him at (503) 820– to address the emergency. Pacific Fishery Management Council; 2280, extension 411 for technical Public Meeting All visitors to the National Marine assistance. Fisheries Service Western Regional AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Council address: Pacific Fishery Center’s Sand Point facility should bring Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Management Council, 7700 NE one of the following forms of Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, identification: Commerce. OR 97220. • Enhanced Driver’s License from the mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. ACTION: Notice of public meetings. states of Washington, Minnesota, and John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific New York SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Fishery Management Council; • U.S. Passport Management Council’s (Pacific Council) telephone: (503) 820–2280. • U.S. Passport Card Scientific and Statistical Committee SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The • U.S. Department of Defense CAC (SSC) and the SSC’s Groundfish purpose of the August 28th SSC meeting • U.S. Federal agency HSPD–12 Subcommittee will convene two is to review draft 2017 stock assessment compliant ID cards VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:03 Aug 09, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10AUN1.SGM 10AUN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a public meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held Thursday, August 24, 2017, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
ContactChristopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 526-5255. The Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org also has details on the proposed agenda, webinar access, and briefing materials.
FR Citation82 FR 37439 
RIN Number0648-XF59
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