82 FR 49332 - North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 205 (October 25, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-23190

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Groundfish Plan Team will meet November 13 through November 17, 2017.

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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)
Groundfish Plan Team will meet November 13 through November 17, 2017.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, November 13, 2017 to Friday,
November 17, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Alaska Fishery Science
Center, Traynor Room 2076, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 4,
Seattle, WA 98115.
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 or Jim Armstrong, Council
staff; telephone: (907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

Monday, November 13 to Friday, November 17, 2017

The Plan Teams will compile and review the annual Groundfish Stock
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports, (including the
Economic Report, the Ecosystems/assessment and status report, and the
stock assessments for BSAI and GOA groundfishes), and recommend final
groundfish harvest specifications for 2017/2018.
The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted at http://www.npfmc.org/fishery-management-plan-team/goa-bsai-groundfish-plan-team/.

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: October 20, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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nongovernmental organizations, and the Special Accommodations Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
private sector. These meetings are physically for comments sent by any other method,
Dated: September 28, 2017. accessible to people with disabilities. to any other address or individual, or
David Holst, Requests for sign language received after the end of the comment
interpretation or other auxiliary aids period. Comments received
Acting Chief Financial Officer/CAO, Office
of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, should be directed to Shannon Gleason electronically, including all
National Oceanic and Atmospheric at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 working attachments, must not exceed a 25-
Administration. days prior to the meeting date. megabyte file size. Attachments to
[FR Doc. 2017–21577 Filed 10–23–17; 11:15 am] electronic comments will be accepted in
Dated: October 20, 2017. Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P Tracey L. Thompson, file formats only. All comments
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable received are a part of the public record
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. and will generally be posted online at
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[FR Doc. 2017–23190 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric BILLING CODE 3510–22–P incidental/research.htm without
Administration change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address)
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North Pacific Fishery Management may be publicly accessible. Do not
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information or otherwise sensitive or
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries RIN 0648–XF507 protected information.
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Specified Activities; Taking Marine Jordan Carduner, Office of Protected
Commerce.
Mammals Incidental to Boost-Back and Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting. Electronic copies of the application and
Landing of Falcon 9 Rockets
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery supporting documents, as well as a list
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries of the references cited in this document,
Management Council (Council) Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Groundfish Plan Team will meet may be obtained online at:
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
November 13 through November 17, Commerce.
2017. incidental/research.htm. In case of
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental problems accessing these documents,
DATES: The meeting will be held on harassment authorization; request for please call the contact listed above.
Monday, November 13, 2017 to Friday, comments. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
November 17, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Pacific Time. SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request Background
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
from Space Exploration Technology
Corporation (SpaceX) for authorization Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
the Alaska Fishery Science Center, MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
Traynor Room 2076, 7600 Sand Point to take marine mammals incidental to
boost-back and landing of Falcon 9 the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
Way NE., Building 4, Seattle, WA upon request, the incidental, but not
98115. rockets at Vandenberg Air Force Base in
California, and at contingency landing intentional, taking of small numbers of
Council address: North Pacific marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
Fishery Management Council, 605 W. locations in the Pacific Ocean. Pursuant
to the Marine Mammal Protection Act engage in a specified activity (other than
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK commercial fishing) within a specified
99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments
on its proposal to issue an incidental geographical region if certain findings
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: harassment authorization (IHA) to are made and either regulations are
Diana Stram or Jim Armstrong, Council SpaceX to incidentally take marine issued or, if the taking is limited to
staff; telephone: (907) 271–2809. mammals, by Level B harassment only, harassment, a notice of a proposed
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: during the specified activity. NMFS will authorization is provided to the public
consider public comments prior to for review.
Agenda
making any final decision on the An authorization for incidental
Monday, November 13 to Friday, issuance of the requested MMPA takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
November 17, 2017 authorizations and agency responses that the taking will have a negligible
The Plan Teams will compile and will be summarized in the final notice impact on the species or stock(s), will
review the annual Groundfish Stock of our decision. not have an unmitigable adverse impact
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation DATES: Comments and information must on the availability of the species or
(SAFE) reports, (including the Economic be received no later than November 24, stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
Report, the Ecosystems/assessment and 2017. relevant), and if the permissible
status report, and the stock assessments ADDRESSES: Comments should be methods of taking and requirements
for BSAI and GOA groundfishes), and addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
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recommend final groundfish harvest Permits and Conservation Division, and reporting of such takings are set
specifications for 2017/2018. Office of Protected Resources, National forth.
The Agenda is subject to change, and Marine Fisheries Service. Physical NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
the latest version will be posted at comments should be sent to 1315 East- impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
http://www.npfmc.org/fishery- West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 resulting from the specified activity that
management-plan-team/goa-bsai- and electronic comments should be sent cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
groundfish-plan-team/. to ITP.Carduner@noaa.gov. not reasonably likely to, adversely affect

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on Monday, November 13, 2017 to Friday, November 17, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
Contact		Diana Stram or Jim Armstrong, Council staff; telephone: (907) 271-2809.
FR Citation		82 FR 49332
RIN Number		0648-XF78

82 FR 49332 - North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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