82 FR 60180 - Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 242 (December 19, 2017)

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will host the Sixth National Meeting of the Scientific Coordination Subcommittee of the Council Coordination Committee (SCS6). The meeting theme is ``The Use of Management Strategy Evaluation to Inform Management Decisions Made by the Regional Fishery Management Councils,'' with three subthemes: Use of MSEs in evaluating and modifying harvest control rules; use of MSEs in investigating and accommodating uncertainty; and use of MSEs in adjusting harvest control rules in changing environments/non-static maximum sustainable yield. The agenda for the SCS6 meeting is available at http:// www.fisherycouncils.org/ssc-workshops/sixth-national-ssc-workshop-2018.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60180-60181]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27290]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF885


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 Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
host the Sixth National Meeting of the Scientific Coordination 
Subcommittee of the Council Coordination Committee (SCS6). The meeting 
theme is ``The Use of Management Strategy Evaluation to Inform 
Management Decisions Made by the Regional Fishery Management 
Councils,'' with three subthemes: Use of MSEs in evaluating and 
modifying harvest control rules; use of MSEs in investigating and 
accommodating uncertainty; and use of MSEs in adjusting harvest control 
rules in changing environments/non-static maximum sustainable yield. 
The agenda for the SCS6 meeting is available at http://www.fisherycouncils.org/ssc-workshops/sixth-national-ssc-workshop-2018.

DATES: The SCS6 meeting will be held on January 17-19, 2018. The 
meeting will begin at 8 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) each day and 
finish when business is complete for the day.

ADDRESSES: The SCS6 meeting will be held at the Kona Kai Resort, 1551 
Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA; telephone: (619) 221-8000. The 
meeting is open to the public and will also be streamed online for 
those who want to follow the proceedings remotely. Instructions for 
attending the meeting via live stream broadcast are given under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SCS6 meeting will be 
live[hyphen]streamed on the internet during the following hours: 
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 through Friday, January 19, 2018 beginning 
at 8 a.m. PST, ending daily at approximately 5:30 p.m. PST or when 
business for the

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day is complete. Only the audio portion and presentations displayed on 
the screen at the SCS6 meeting will be broadcast. The audio portion is 
listen[hyphen]only; you will be unable to speak to the meeting 
participants via the broadcast. To attend the webinar, (1) join the 
meeting by visiting this link http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/webinar/join-webinar; (2) enter the webinar ID: 367-785-355, and (3) 
enter your name and email address (required). It is recommended that 
you use a computer headset to listen to the meeting, but you may use 
your telephone for the audio-only portion of the meeting by dialing the 
toll number 1-562-247-8422 (not a toll-free number); enter the phone 
attendee audio access code: 621-905-598; then enter the Audio Pin: 
Shown after joining the webinar. Technical Information and System 
Requirements: PC-based attendees are required to use Windows[supreg] 7, 
Vista, or XP; Mac[supreg]-based attendees are required to use Mac 
OS[supreg] X 10.5 or newer; Mobile attendees are required to use 
iPhone[supreg], iPad[supreg], AndroidTM phone or Android 
tablet (See the http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/webinar/gotowebinar_apps).
    The purpose of the SCS6 meeting is for participants to discuss the 
use of Management Strategy Evaluations to better inform management 
decision-making by the eight Regional Fishery Management Councils and 
NMFS.
    No management actions will be decided by the participants attending 
the SCS6 meeting. The participants' role will be the development of 
findings, which will be captured in proceedings of the meeting. These 
proceedings will be provided to the Council Coordination Committee and 
posted on the U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils' website.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this meeting. Action 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 intent of the meeting 
participants 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 aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820-
2411 at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 14, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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