Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings, 51772-51773 [2012-21073]
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Management Council, NOAA Fisheries
Southeast Regional Office, and the
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science
Center. Participants include: data
collectors and database managers; stock
assessment scientists, biologists, and
researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen,
environmentalists, and representatives
of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs); international experts; and staff
of councils, commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
SEDAR 28 Assessment Workshop
Webinar
Panelists will continue deliberations
and discussions regarding modeling
methodologies for the Gulf of Mexico
and South Atlantic Spanish mackerel
and cobia fisheries.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, 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 Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
aids should be directed to the Council
office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) at least ten (10) business days
prior to the meeting.
Dated: August 22, 2012.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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and its advisory entities will hold
public meetings.
DATES: The Pacific Council and its
advisory entities will meet September
13–18, 2012. The Pacific Council
meeting will begin on Friday,
September 14, 2012 at 10 a.m.,
reconvening each day through Tuesday,
September 18, 2012. All meetings are
open to the public, except a closed
session will be held at the end of
business on Friday, September 14 to
address litigation and personnel
matters. The Pacific Council will meet
as late as necessary each day to
complete its scheduled business.
ADDRESSES: Meetings of the Pacific
Council and its advisory entities will be
held at the Riverside Hotel, 2900
Chinden Boulevard, Boise, ID 83714;
telephone: (208) 343–1871.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Donald O. McIsaac, Executive Director;
telephone: (503) 820–2280 or (866) 806–
7204 toll free; or access the Pacific
Council Web site, https://
www.pcouncil.org for the current
meeting location, proposed agenda, and
meeting briefing materials.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following items are on the Pacific
Council agenda, but not necessarily in
this order:
A. Call to Order
1. Opening Remarks
2. Roll Call
3. Executive Director’s Report
4. Agenda
B. Enforcement Issues
Current Enforcement Issues
C. Highly Migratory Species
Management
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Marine Fisheries Service
Report
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
D. Habitat
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1. California Hatchery Review Report
2. 2012 Salmon Methodology Review
3. Salmon Fishery Management Plan
(FMP) Amendment 17—Annual
Regulatory Cycle and Minor Updates
4. FMP Amendment 18—Update of
Essential Fish Habitat for Salmon
5. Lower Columbia Endangered Species
Act Salmon and Steelhead Recovery
Plan
Current Habitat Issues
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
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F. Pacific Halibut Management
1. Pacific Halibut Management South of
Humbug Mountain
2. 2013 Pacific Halibut Regulations
3. Pacific Halibut Bycatch Estimate for
Use in 2013 Groundfish Fisheries
G. Administrative Matters
1. Legislative Matters
2. Research Planning
3. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
4. Fiscal Matters
5. Membership Appointments and
Council Operating Procedures
6. Future Council Meeting Agenda and
Workload Planning
H. Groundfish Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service
Report
2. Trawl Rationalization Trailing
Actions for Cost Recovery and Process
Issues
3. Stocks Assessment Planning
4. Update on Biological Opinion for the
Groundfish Fishery, Including
Consideration of Seabird Protection
Regulations
5. Consideration of Inseason
Adjustments
6. Phase I Report for Essential Fish
Habitat Review
7. Reconsideration of Initial Catch Share
Allocations in the Mothership and
Shoreside Pacific Whiting Fisheries
I. Open Comment Period
Comments on Non-Agenda Items
SCHEDULE OF ANCILLARY MEETINGS
Day 1—Thursday, September
13, 2012:
Habitat Committee .........
Salmon Advisory
Subpanel.
Salmon Technical Team
Scientific and Statistical
Committee.
Legislative Committee ....
Budget Committee .........
Enforcement Consultants
Day 2—Friday, September
14, 2012:
California State Delegation.
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Delegation.
Groundfish Management
Team.
Salmon Advisory
Subpanel.
Salmon Technical Team
Scientific and Statistical
Committee.
Groundfish Advisory
Subpanel.
Enforcement Consultants
Chair’s Reception ...........
Day 3—Saturday, September
15, 2012:
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California State Delegation.
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Delegation.
Essential Fish Habitat
Review Committee.
Groundfish Advisory
Subpanel.
Groundfish Management
Team.
Scientific and Statistical
Committee Economics
and Groundfish Subcommittees.
Enforcement Consultants
Day 4—Sunday, September
16, 2012:
California State Delegation.
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Delegation.
Essential Fish Habitat
Review Committee.
Groundfish Advisory
Subpanel.
Groundfish Management
Team.
Enforcement Consultants
Day 5—Monday, September
17, 2012:
California State Delegation.
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Delegation.
Groundfish Advisory
Subpanel.
Groundfish Management
Team.
Enforcement Consultants
Day 6—Tuesday, September
18, 2012:
California State Delegation.
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Delegation.
Enforcement Consultants
7 a.m.
Dated: August 22, 2012.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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NMFS has received an
application from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) for an
Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) to take marine mammals, by
harassment, incidental to a bird
mitigation research trial in the Farallon
National Wildlife Refuge. Pursuant to
the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments
on its proposal to issue an IHA to the
USFWS to take, by Level B harassment
only, five species of marine mammals
during the specified activity.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than September 26,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the
application should be addressed to
Michael Payne, Chief, Permits and
Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–
3225. The mailbox address for providing
email comments is
ITP.Magliocca@noaa.gov. NMFS is not
responsible for email comments sent to
addresses other than the one provided
here. Comments sent via email,
including all attachments, must not
exceed a 10-megabyte file size.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
SUMMARY:
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ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
harassment authorization; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
8 a.m.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Bird Mitigation
Research in the Farallon National
Wildlife Refuge
7 a.m.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
Council action during this meeting.
Council 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 Council’s intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
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should be directed to Carolyn Porter at
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incidental.htm without change. All
Personal Identifying Information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
A copy of the application containing
a list of the references used in this
document may be obtained by writing to
the address specified above, telephoning
the contact listed below (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or
visiting the Internet at: https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm. Documents cited in this
notice may also be viewed, by
appointment, during regular business
hours, at the aforementioned address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Magliocca, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
authorization is provided to the public
for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s), will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
subsistence uses (where relevant), and if
the permissible methods of taking and
requirements pertaining to the
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting of
such takings are set forth. NMFS has
defined ‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR
216.103 as ‘‘* * * an impact resulting
from the specified activity that cannot
be reasonably expected to, and is not
reasonably likely to, adversely affect the
species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’
Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA
established an expedited process by
which citizens of the U.S. can apply for
an authorization to incidentally take
small numbers of marine mammals by
harassment. Section 101(a)(5)(D)
establishes a 45-day time limit for
NMFS review of an application
followed by a 30-day public notice and
comment period on any proposed
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC190
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 Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and
its advisory entities will hold public meetings.
DATES: The Pacific Council and its advisory entities will meet
September 13-18, 2012. The Pacific Council meeting will begin on
Friday, September 14, 2012 at 10 a.m., reconvening each day through
Tuesday, September 18, 2012. All meetings are open to the public,
except a closed session will be held at the end of business on Friday,
September 14 to address litigation and personnel matters. The Pacific
Council will meet as late as necessary each day to complete its
scheduled business.
ADDRESSES: Meetings of the Pacific Council and its advisory entities
will be held at the Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Boulevard, Boise, ID
83714; telephone: (208) 343-1871.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Donald O. McIsaac, Executive
Director; telephone: (503) 820-2280 or (866) 806-7204 toll free; or
access the Pacific Council Web site, https://www.pcouncil.org for the
current meeting location, proposed agenda, and meeting briefing
materials.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items are on the Pacific
Council agenda, but not necessarily in this order:
A. Call to Order
1. Opening Remarks
2. Roll Call
3. Executive Director's Report
4. Agenda
B. Enforcement Issues
Current Enforcement Issues
C. Highly Migratory Species Management
National Marine Fisheries Service Report
D. Habitat
Current Habitat Issues
E. Salmon Management
1. California Hatchery Review Report
2. 2012 Salmon Methodology Review
3. Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment 17--Annual Regulatory
Cycle and Minor Updates
4. FMP Amendment 18--Update of Essential Fish Habitat for Salmon
5. Lower Columbia Endangered Species Act Salmon and Steelhead Recovery
Plan
F. Pacific Halibut Management
1. Pacific Halibut Management South of Humbug Mountain
2. 2013 Pacific Halibut Regulations
3. Pacific Halibut Bycatch Estimate for Use in 2013 Groundfish
Fisheries
G. Administrative Matters
1. Legislative Matters
2. Research Planning
3. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
4. Fiscal Matters
5. Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
6. Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
H. Groundfish Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. Trawl Rationalization Trailing Actions for Cost Recovery and Process
Issues
3. Stocks Assessment Planning
4. Update on Biological Opinion for the Groundfish Fishery, Including
Consideration of Seabird Protection Regulations
5. Consideration of Inseason Adjustments
6. Phase I Report for Essential Fish Habitat Review
7. Reconsideration of Initial Catch Share Allocations in the Mothership
and Shoreside Pacific Whiting Fisheries
I. Open Comment Period
Comments on Non-Agenda Items
Schedule of Ancillary Meetings
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Day 1--Thursday, September 13, 2012:
Habitat Committee..................... 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel.............. 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team................. 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee.. 8 a.m.
Legislative Committee................. 2 p.m.
Budget Committee...................... 3:30 p.m.
Enforcement Consultants............... 6 p.m.
Day 2--Friday, September 14, 2012:
California State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation............... 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team............ 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel.............. 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team................. 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee.. 8 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel.......... 3 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants............... As Needed.
Chair's Reception..................... 6 p.m.
Day 3--Saturday, September 15, 2012:
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California State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation............... 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Essential Fish Habitat Review 8 a.m.
Committee.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel.......... 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team............ 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 a.m.
Economics and Groundfish
Subcommittees.
Enforcement Consultants............... As Needed.
Day 4--Sunday, September 16, 2012:
California State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation............... 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Essential Fish Habitat Review 8 a.m.
Committee.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel.......... 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team............ 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants............... As Needed.
Day 5--Monday, September 17, 2012:
California State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation............... 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel.......... 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team............ 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants............... As Needed.
Day 6--Tuesday, September 18, 2012:
California State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation............... 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation........... 7 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants............... As Needed.
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Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal Council action during this meeting. Council 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 Council's intent 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 Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 22, 2012.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-21073 Filed 8-24-12; 8:45 am]
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