83 FR 1337 - Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 8 (January 11, 2018)

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) will hold a meeting that is open to the public.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1337-1338]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00374]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF929


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) and 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) will hold a meeting that is open to 
the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, January 29 through Friday, 
February 2, 2018. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. the first day and at 
8:30 a.m. each subsequent day. The meeting will end each day at 5 p.m., 
or until business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Pacific Conference Room of 
the NOAA SWFSC, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037-1508.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 820-
2280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2409 or Dale Sweetnam, SWFSC; telephone: (858) 
546-7170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a 
methodology review of the NOAA acoustic-trawl survey methodology (ATM), 
conducted regularly to collect fisheries and oceanographic information 
in U.S. West Coast waters. The ATM survey has been approved for use in 
stock assessments for Pacific sardine, but has not yet been approved 
for use in stock assessments for northern anchovy, Pacific mackerel, or 
jack mackerel. At its April 2018 meeting, the Pacific Council will 
consider the results of this review, and will consider whether to 
approve the ATM for use in stock assessments for stocks other than 
Pacific sardine. An agenda and other meeting materials will be 
available by January 15, 2018, on the Pacific Council's ftp site: ftp://ftp.pcouncil.org/pub/2018%20ATM%20Methodology%20Review/.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be

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

Special Accommodations

    This public listening station is physically accessible to people 
with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Dale Sweetnam (858) 546-7170 
at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 8, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-00374 Filed 1-10-18; 8:45 am]
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