82_FR_50620 82 FR 50411 - Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

82 FR 50411 - Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 209 (October 31, 2017)

Page Range50411-50412
FR Document2017-23600

The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 172nd meeting by teleconference and webinar to discuss and make recommendations on fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50411-50412]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23600]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF803


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold its 172nd meeting by teleconference and webinar to discuss and 
make recommendations on fishery management issues in the Western 
Pacific Region.

DATES: The Council will meet on November 15, 2017, between 2 p.m. and 5 
p.m. (Hawaii Standard Time (HST)); 1 and 4 p.m. (American Samoa 
Standard Time (ASST)); and November 16, 2017, between 10 a.m. and 1 
p.m. (Marianas Standard Time (MST)). All times listed are local island 
times. For specific time and agenda, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by teleconference and webinar. The 
teleconference numbers are: U.S. toll-free: 1 (888) 482-3560, 
International Access: +1 (647) 723-3959, and Access Code: 5228220. The 
webinar can be accessed at: https://wprfmc.webex.com/join/info.wpcouncilnoaa.gov.
    The following venues will also be host sites for the 
teleconference: Council Conference Room, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 
1400, Honolulu, Hawaii; Land Grant Conference Room, American Samoa 
Community College, Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources, 
Mapusaga Road, Malaeimi Village, American Samoa; Guam Hilton Resort and 
SPA, 202 Hilton Road, Tumon Bay, Guam; Department of Land and Natural 
Resources Conference Room, Santa Remedio Drive, Lower Base, Saipan, MP.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 
telephone: (808) 522-8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public comment opportunity will be provided 
in the agenda. The order in which agenda items are addressed may 
change. The meeting will run as late as necessary to complete scheduled 
business. Written comments must be received by November 10, 2017. 
Background documents will be available from, and written comments 
should be sent to, Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; Western 
Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400, 
Honolulu, HI 96813; phone: (808) 522-8220 or fax: (808) 522-8226.

Schedule and Agenda for the 172nd Council Meeting

2 p.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday, November 15 (HST); 1 p.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday, 
November 15, 2016 (ASST); 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., Thursday, November 16, 2016 
(MST)

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Review and Approval of the 172nd Agenda
3. Modifying the Swordfish Trip Limit in the American Samoa Longline 
Fishery (Final Action)

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4. Public Hearing
5. Other Business
6. Council Discussion and Recommendations

    Non-Emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Council for discussion and formal Council action during its 172nd 
meeting. However, Council action on regulatory issues will be 
restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and any 
regulatory issue arising after publication of this document that 
requires emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to 
take action to address the emergency.
    Agenda items noted as ``Final Action Items'' refer to actions that 
result in Council transmittal of a proposed fishery management plan, 
proposed plan amendment, or proposed regulations to the U.S. Secretary 
of Commerce, under Sections 304 or 305 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act.

Special Accommodations

    The host sites are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522-8220 
(voice) or (808) 522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting 
date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: October 25, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-23600 Filed 10-30-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Notices 50411 hunting areas; (ii) Directly displacing existence of any endangered or management issues in the Western subsistence users; or (iii) Placing threatened species or result in the Pacific Region. physical barriers between the marine destruction or adverse modification of DATES: The Council will meet on mammals and the subsistence hunters; designated critical habitat. To ensure November 15, 2017, between 2 p.m. and and (2) That cannot be sufficiently ESA compliance for the issuance of 5 p.m. (Hawaii Standard Time (HST)); 1 mitigated by other measures to increase IHAs, NMFS consults internally, in this and 4 p.m. (American Samoa Standard the availability of marine mammals to case with the Alaska Regional Office, Time (ASST)); and November 16, 2017, allow subsistence needs to be met. whenever we propose to authorize take between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. (Marianas Harbor seals and Steller sea lions are for endangered or threatened species. Standard Time (MST)). All times listed subsistence harvested in Alaska. During NMFS is authorizing take of two DPSs are local island times. For specific time 2012, the estimated subsistence take of (i.e., western DPS of Steller sea lions and agenda, see SUPPLEMENTARY harbor seals in southeast Alaska was and Mexico DPS of humpback whales), INFORMATION. 595 seals with 49 of these taken near which are listed under the ESA. The Sitka (Wolfe et al., 2013). This is the Permit and Conservation Division ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by lowest number of seals taken since 1992 requested initiation of Section 7 teleconference and webinar. The (Wolfe et al., 2013) and is attributed to consultation with the Alaska Region for teleconference numbers are: U.S. toll- the decline in subsistence hunting the issuance of this IHA. The NMFS free: 1 (888) 482–3560, International pressure over the years as well as a Alaska Regional Office Protected Access: +1 (647) 723–3959, and Access decrease in efficiency per hunter (Wolf Resources Division issued a Biological Code: 5228220. The webinar can be et al., 2013). Opinion in October, 2017 under section accessed at: https://wprfmc.webex.com/ The peak hunting season in southeast 7 of the ESA, on the issuance of an IHA join/info.wpcouncilnoaa.gov. Alaska occurs during the month of to the FAA under section 101(a)(5)(D) of The following venues will also be November and again over the March to the MMPA by the NMFS Permits and host sites for the teleconference: Council April time frame (Wolfe et al., 2013). Conservation Division. The Biological Conference Room, 1164 Bishop Street, This corresponds to times when seals Opinion concluded that the proposed Suite 1400, Honolulu, Hawaii; Land are aggregated in shoal areas as they action is not likely to jeopardize the Grant Conference Room, American prey on forage species such as herring, continued existence of western DPS Samoa Community College, Agriculture, making them easier to find and hunt. Steller sea lions or Mexico DPS of Community and Natural Resources, The Project is in an area where humpback whales, and is not likely to Mapusaga Road, Malaeimi Village, subsistence hunting for harbor seals or destroy or adversely modify western American Samoa; Guam Hilton Resort sea lions could occur (Wolfe et al., DPS Steller sea lion critical habitat. and SPA, 202 Hilton Road, Tumon Bay, 2013), but the location is not preferred Guam; Department of Land and Natural for hunting. There is little to no hunting Authorization Resources Conference Room, Santa documented in the vicinity and there NMFS has issued an IHA to the FAA Remedio Drive, Lower Base, Saipan, are no harvest quotas for non-listed for the potential harassment of small MP. marine mammals. For these reasons and numbers of five marine mammal species FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the fact that Project activities would incidental to the Biorka Island dock Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; occur outside of the primary subsistence replacement project in Sitka, AK, telephone: (808) 522–8220. hunting seasons, there would be no provided the previously mentioned SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public impact on subsistence activities or on mitigation, monitoring and reporting comment opportunity will be provided the availability of marine mammals for requirements are incorporated. in the agenda. The order in which subsistence use. Dated: October 25, 2017. agenda items are addressed may change. To satisfy requirements under Section Donna S. Wieting, The meeting will run as late as 106 of the National Historic Director, Office of Protected Resources, necessary to complete scheduled Preservation Act, R&M Consultants, Inc. National Marine Fisheries Service. business. Written comments must be reached out to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, [FR Doc. 2017–23563 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] received by November 10, 2017. Central Council of the Tlingit and BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Background documents will be available Haida, and Sealaska regarding cultural from, and written comments should be resources in 2016. No issues or concerns sent to, Kitty M. Simonds, Executive with the Project were raised during this DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Director; Western Pacific Fishery effort. Based on the description of the Management Council, 1164 Bishop National Oceanic and Atmospheric Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813; specified activity, the measures Administration described to minimize adverse effects phone: (808) 522–8220 or fax: (808) on the availability of marine mammals RIN 0648–XF803 522–8226. for subsistence purposes, and the Schedule and Agenda for the 172nd Western Pacific Fishery Management mitigation and monitoring measures, Council Meeting Council; Public Meetings NMFS has determined that there will not be an unmitigable adverse impact on 2 p.m.–5 p.m., Wednesday, November AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries subsistence uses from the FAA’s 15 (HST); 1 p.m.–4 p.m., Wednesday, Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and November 15, 2016 (ASST); 10 a.m.– asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES activities. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1 p.m., Thursday, November 16, 2016 Endangered Species Act Commerce. (MST) ACTION: Notice of public meetings. Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered 1. Welcome and Introductions Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C. SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 2. Review and Approval of the 172nd 1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal Management Council (Council) will Agenda agency insure that any action it hold its 172nd meeting by 3. Modifying the Swordfish Trip Limit authorizes, funds, or carries out is not teleconference and webinar to discuss in the American Samoa Longline likely to jeopardize the continued and make recommendations on fishery Fishery (Final Action) VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:37 Oct 30, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31OCN1.SGM 31OCN1

50412 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Notices 4. Public Hearing Commission’s (ASMFC’s) Summer Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 5. Other Business Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commerce. 6. Council Discussion and Advisory Panel. ACTION: Notice; public meeting. Recommendations DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, November 20, 2017, from 2 SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Non-Emergency issues not contained p.m. to 5 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY Management Council (Council) is in this agenda may come before the INFORMATION for agenda details. scheduling a public meeting of its Council for discussion and formal Herring Committee to consider actions Council action during its 172nd ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place affecting New England fisheries in the meeting. However, Council action on over webinar with a telephone-only exclusive economic zone (EEZ). regulatory issues will be restricted to connection option. Details on how to Recommendations from this group will those issues specifically listed in this connect to the webinar by computer and be brought to the full Council for formal document and any regulatory issue by telephone will be available at: http:// consideration and action, if appropriate. arising after publication of this www.mafmc.org. document that requires emergency Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery DATES: This meeting will be held on action under section 305(c) of the Management Council, 800 N. State Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 8:30 Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; a.m. public has been notified of the Council’s telephone: (302) 674–2331; Web site: ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at intent to take action to address the www.mafmc.org. the Holiday Inn, 700 Myles Standish emergency. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blvd., Taunton, MA 02780; telephone: Agenda items noted as ‘‘Final Action Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive (508) 823–0430. Items’’ refer to actions that result in Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Council address: New England Council transmittal of a proposed Management Council, telephone: (302) Fishery Management Council, 50 Water fishery management plan, proposed 526–5255. Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. plan amendment, or proposed SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: regulations to the U.S. Secretary of Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, Commerce, under Sections 304 or 305 of Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea New England Fishery Management the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Bass Advisory Panel, together with the Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. Conservation and Management Act. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Special Accommodations Commission’s Advisory Panel, will meet Agenda The host sites are physically on Monday, November 20, 2017. The purpose of this meeting is to review and The committee will review analyses accessible to people with disabilities. prepared for Herring Amendment 8 Requests for sign language provide feedback on proposed recreational management measures (e.g., Draft Environmental Impact Statement interpretation or other auxiliary aids (DEIS) specific to the range of should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, bag limits, size limits, and seasons) and strategies for the recreational summer alternatives developed to address (808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– potential localized depletion and user 8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries in 2018. conflicts in the herring fishery. The meeting date. committee may identify preferred A detailed agenda and background Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. documents will be made available on alternatives for the Council to consider. Dated: October 25, 2017. the Council’s Web site (www.mafmc.org) The committee is not scheduled to prior to the meeting. discuss the other measures under Tracey L. Thompson, consideration in Amendment 8, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Special Accommodations Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. The meeting is physically accessible control rule alternatives. The Council [FR Doc. 2017–23600 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] to people with disabilities. Requests for reviewed the ABC control rule BILLING CODE 3510–22–P sign language interpretation or other alternatives at the September 2017 auxiliary aid should be directed to meeting and declined to select a M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at preferred alternative, but approved that DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE least 5 days prior to the meeting date. portion of Amendment 8 to proceed for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Dated: October 25, 2017. submission and public comment. They Administration Tracey L. Thompson, will discuss recommendations for the Council to consider for Herring RIN 0648–XF802 Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Research Set-Aside research priorities for fishing years 2019–21 and discuss Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management [FR Doc. 2017–23591 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] any challenges the program has had in Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting BILLING CODE 3510–22–P recent years. They will discuss other AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries business, as necessary. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Although non-emergency issues not DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), contained in this agenda may come asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric before this group for discussion, those ACTION: Notice; public meeting. Administration issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings. Action SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery RIN 0648–XF796 will be restricted to those issues Management Council’s (MAFMC’s) specifically listed in this notice and any New England Fishery Management Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea issues arising after publication of this Council; Public Meeting Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public notice that require emergency action meeting via webinar, jointly with the AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries under section 305(c) of the Magnuson- Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Stevens Act, provided the public has VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:37 Oct 30, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31OCN1.SGM 31OCN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meetings.
DatesThe Council will meet on November 15, 2017, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. (Hawaii Standard Time (HST)); 1 and 4 p.m. (American Samoa Standard Time (ASST)); and November 16, 2017, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. (Marianas Standard Time (MST)). All times listed are local island times. For specific time and agenda, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ContactKitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; telephone: (808) 522-8220.
FR Citation82 FR 50411 
RIN Number0648-XF80
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