Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 15185-15186 [2017-06004]
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The meeting will be held at
the Embassy Suites by Hilton
Philadelphia Airport, 9000 Bartram
Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153;
telephone: (215) 365–4500.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their
Web site at www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog
Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to create
a fishery performance report that
provides structured input to the
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) and MAFMC, for consideration at
their May and June 2017 meetings,
respectively.
ADDRESSES:
Special Accommodations
The meeting is 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: March 22, 2017.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Notice on Engagement With the
National Climate Assessment
The National Oceanic and
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Change Research Program (USGCRP).
ACTION: Notice regarding availability of
updates and public engagement
opportunities for the fourth National
Climate Assessment.
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are publishing this notice on behalf of
the United States Global Change
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the processes and platforms for public
engagement with the development of
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DATES: Updates will be offered
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Assessment and engagement
opportunities will be provided via
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Daniel Barrie; telephone 301–734–1256;
or email: daniel.barrie@noaa.gov.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
will hold a meeting to review the
methodology of the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife/
California Wetfish Producers
Association aerial survey. The meeting
is open to the public.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Context: The U.S. Global Change
Research Program (USGCRP) is
mandated under the Global Change
Research Act (GCRA) of 1990 to conduct
a quadrennial National Climate
Assessment (NCA). Under its current,
updated decadal strategic plan (https://
go.usa.gov/x9MCQ), USGCRP is
building sustained assessment capacity.
The sustained assessment supports the
Nation’s ability to understand,
anticipate, and respond to risks and
potential impacts brought about by
global environmental change. Work on
the fourth National Climate Assessment
is currently underway.
To provide clarity on the process of
developing the Assessment, and
opportunities for community
involvement, the USGCRP will be
continually providing updates on the
status of the Assessment and
engagement opportunities via https://
www.globalchange.gov/nca4. Public
notices will be posted at https://
www.globalchange.gov/notices, and
updates on Assessment milestones will
be posted at https://
www.globalchange.gov/news.
Dated: March 15, 2017.
Dan Barrie,
Program Manager, Assessments Program,
NOAA Climate Program Office.
Dated: March 21, 2017.
Paul Johnson,
Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer/CAO,
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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The meeting will be held
Monday and Tuesday, April 17–18,
2017, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day,
or when business for the day has been
completed.
DATES:
The meeting will be held in
the Pacific Conference Room of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, 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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820–2409.
The
purpose of the meeting is to provide
technical and scientific review of the
California Department of Fish and
Wildlife/California Wetfish Producers
Association aerial survey for Coastal
Pelagic Species (CPS). This survey is
being proposed for potential inclusion
in stock assessments for CPS stocks
managed by the Pacific Council. The
methodology review panel will review
the proposed survey, and will produce
a report that will be considered by the
Pacific Council at its June 2017 meeting
in Spokane, WA.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
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This meeting 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.
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Dated: March 22, 2017.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–06004 Filed 3–24–17; 8:45 am]
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Administration (NOAA)
Publicly Available Biologic and
Geologic Samples From the 2015 and
2016 NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
Expeditions
Office of Ocean Exploration
and Research (OER), National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), Department of Commerce
(DOC).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
NOAA OER announces the
availability of biologic and geologic
samples that were collected during
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
expeditions in 2015 and 2016. Biologic
specimens from all 2015 and 2016
expeditions are now available for loan
through the Smithsonian Institution’s
National Museum of Natural History.
Rock samples collected during the three
legs of EX–15–05 are now available
through Oregon State University’s
Marine Geology Repository.
Information about individual samples
as well as all imagery and
oceanographic data collected during
these expeditions can be found in the
digital record for each cruise on the OER
Digital Atlas, (https://explore.noaa.gov/
digitalatlas).
The biologic and geologic samples
described in this notice are available
immediately from the designated
repositories.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Craig Russell, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand
Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115, (206)
526–4803, Craig.Russell@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
specimens listed below were collected
by NOAA during seven telepresenceenabled Okeanos Explorer ocean
exploration expeditions: EX–15–04 Legs
2, 3, and 4 of the ‘‘2015 Hohonu Moana:
Exploring Deep Waters off Hawai’i’’
expedition that focused operations
within the Papahanaumokuakea Marine
National Monument (northwest
Hawaiian Islands); EX–16–03 ‘‘2016
Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters
off Hawai’i’’, which also conducted
sampling operations within
Papahanaumokuakea; EX–16–05 Leg 1
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and Leg 3 of the ‘‘2016 Deepwater
Exploration of the Marianas’’ expedition
that focused operations in and around
the Marianas Trench Marine National
Monument, Guam, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands; and EX–16–06 ‘‘Deepwater
Wonders of Wake’’ expedition that was
focused within the Wake Atoll unit of
the Pacific Remote Islands Marine
National Monument. These expeditions
are part of NOAA’s ‘Campaign to
Address Pacific monument Science,
Technology, and Ocean NEeds’
(CAPSTONE)—a major multi-year effort
focused on collecting baseline
information in deepwater areas of U.S.
marine protected areas in the central
and western Pacific.
NOAA OER conducts collaborative
and systematic global ocean exploration
with NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer to
provide lasting benefits for the nation’s
environmental, economic, and societal
needs. Expeditions are planned
collaboratively with input from partners
and stakeholders and are executed to
benefit NOAA, the broader scientific
community, and general public. OER
ocean exploration expeditions are
designed to catalyze follow-on research
and to meet management needs.
These expeditions are conducted
mainly in unexplored or poorly known
areas where high-resolution mapping
and initial sampling will result in initial
site descriptions. The rationale that
guides sampling during Okeanos
Explorer expeditions is to enable a
general characterization of physical,
chemical, and biological environments
in the area of interest.
Once the expeditions are complete,
samples are cataloged and prepared for
archival. Biologic samples are sent for
primary archival to the Smithsonian
Institution’s National Museum of
Natural History Research and
Collections to provide access to as many
researchers as possible. There the
samples are taxonomically identified,
curated and made accessible through
the Invertebrate Zoology Collection.
Metadata about the samples and
information on how to request samples
is available through the museum’s
online portal (https://
invertebrates.si.edu/collections.htm).
During at-sea sample processing, prior
to additional preservation techniques
such as ethanol or formalin, small tissue
samples are preserved onboard for later
genomic DNA and RNA extraction at the
Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL) at
Northeastern University. Available
materials can be searched, browsed, and
requested through the online catalog on
the OGL Web site (https://
www.northeastern.edu/ogl/).
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Additionally, selected coral and
sponge specimens will be subsampled
and made accessible through the
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum’s
marine invertebrate collection.
Descriptions of holdings, a searchable
database, loan request forms, and
Frequently Asked Questions for
specimens are available on the
museum’s Invertebrate Zoology
collection Web site (https://
www.bishopmuseum.org/collections-3/
invertebrate-zoology/).
Rock samples collected during the
three legs of EX–15–04 are archived at
Oregon State University’s Marine
Geology Repository where they have
been entered into the Repository’s
sample library. The Repository provides
online metadata about the samples,
images of thin sections, and how to
request specimens (https://osu-mgr.org/
noaa-ex/).
Digital records of all Okeanos
Explorer sampling operations can be
accessed through the OER Digital Atlas
(https://explore.noaa.gov/digitalatlas).
Through the Digital Atlas, users can find
the ‘‘Collected Specimens’’ from the
Data Access tab of cruises for which
samples were collected. Additional
information about the sampling
operations and access to select images of
each specimen can be found in OER’s
Okeanos Explorer Atlas (https://
explore.noaa.gov/okeanosatlas), a GIS
application which can be used to access
a point layer of sampling locations. Insitu, close-up, and laboratory images of
each specimen are also available
through this Atlas.
All other associated video,
oceanographic, and bathymetric data
from these expeditions that provide
context for collected samples are also
available through the OER Digital Atlas.
Dated: March 22, 2017.
Paul Johnson,
Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer/CAO,
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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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
hold a meeting to review the methodology of the California Department
of Fish and Wildlife/California Wetfish Producers Association aerial
survey. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held Monday and Tuesday, April 17-18, 2017,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, or when business for the day has been
completed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Pacific Conference Room of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820-2409.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to provide
technical and scientific review of the California Department of Fish
and Wildlife/California Wetfish Producers Association aerial survey for
Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS). This survey is being proposed for
potential inclusion in stock assessments for CPS stocks managed by the
Pacific Council. The methodology review panel will review the proposed
survey, and will produce a report that will be considered by the
Pacific Council at its June 2017 meeting in Spokane, WA.
Special Accommodations
This meeting 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.
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Dated: March 22, 2017.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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