Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings, 8628-8629 [2015-03204]
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five approved in fishing year 2014. The
Regional Administrator has approved
the following service providers as
eligible to provide at-sea monitoring
services in fishing year 2015 because
they have met the application
requirements and applicable
performance standards:
TABLE 1—APPROVED FISHING YEAR 2015 PROVIDERS
Provider name
Address
ACD USA Ltd. ............
4 Parker St., 2nd Floor, Gloucester, MA
01930.
89 N. Water St., P.O. Box 2093, New Bedford, MA 02741.
86 Mumford Rd., Narragansett, RI 02882 .....
A.I.S., Inc. ...................
East West Technical
Services, LLC.
Fathom Research,
LLC.
MRAG Americas, Inc.
Website
902–422–9780 ..
www.atlanticcatchdata.ca.
508–990–9054
508–990–9055
aisobservers.com.
860–910–4957 ..
860–223–6005
www.ewts.com.
1213 Purchase St., New Bedford, MA 02740
508–990–0997
508–991–7372
www.fathomresearchllc.com.
65 Eastern Ave., Unit B2C, Essex, MA
01929.
978–768–3880 ..
978–768–3878
www.mragamericas.com.
Dated: February 12, 2015.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings
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)
and its advisory entities will hold
public meetings.
DATES: The Pacific Council and its
advisory entities will meet March 6–12,
2015. The Pacific Council meeting will
begin on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 8
a.m., reconvening each day through
Thursday, March 12, 2015. All meetings
are open to the public, except a closed
session will be held at 8 a.m. on
Sunday, March 8 to address litigation
and personnel matters. The Pacific
Council will meet as late as necessary
each day to complete its scheduled
business.
SUMMARY:
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Fax
902–422–4745
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Meetings of the Council and
its advisory entities will be held at the
Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W.
6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660;
telephone: (360) 993–4500.
Council Address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
ADDRESSES:
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OR 97220. Instructions for attending the
meeting via live stream broadcast are
given under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION, below.
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
March 8–12, 2015 meeting of the Pacific
Fishery Management Council will be
streamed live on the internet. The live
meeting will be broadcast daily starting
at 9 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) beginning on
Sunday, March 8, 2015 through
Thursday, March 12, 2015. The
broadcast will end daily at 6 p.m. PT or
when business for the day is complete.
Only the audio portion, and portions of
the presentations displayed on the
screen at the Council meeting, will be
broadcast. The audio portion is listenonly; you will be unable to speak to the
Council via the broadcast. Join the
meeting by visiting this link https://
www.joinwebinar.com, enter the
Webinar ID for this meeting, which is
138–252–315 and enter your email
address as required. It is recommended
that you use a computer headset as
GoToMeeting allows you to listen to the
meeting using your computer headset
and speakers. If you do not have a
headset and speakers, you may use your
telephone for the audio portion of the
meeting by dialing this TOLL number
1–480–297–0021 (not a toll free
number); entering the phone audio
access code 326–426–740; and then
entering your Audio Pin which will be
shown to you after joining the webinar.
The webinar is broadcast in listen only
mode.
The following items are on the Pacific
Council agenda, but not necessarily in
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this order. Agenda items noted as
‘‘(Final Action)’’ refer to actions
requiring the Council to transmit a
proposed fishery management plan,
proposed plan amendment, or proposed
regulations to the Secretary of
Commerce, under Sections 304 or 305 of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
Additional detail on agenda items,
Council action, and meeting rooms, is
described in Agenda Item A.4, Proposed
Council Meeting Agenda, and will be in
the advance March 2015 briefing
materials and posted on the Council
Web site www.pcouncil.org.
A. Call to Order
1. Opening Remarks
2. Roll Call
3. Executive Director’s Report
4. Approve Agenda
B. Open Comment Period
1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items
C. Enforcement Issues
1. Annual U.S. Coast Guard Fishery
Enforcement Report
D. Habitat
1. Current Habitat Issues
E. Ecosystem Management
1. California Current Ecosystem Report
Including Integrated Ecosystem
Assessment
2. Review of Fishery Ecosystem Plan
Initiatives
3. NMFS Climate Science Strategy
Update
4. Unmanaged Forage Fish Protection
Final Action (Final Action)
F. Salmon Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service
Report
2. Review of 2014 Fisheries and
Summary of 2015 Stock Abundance
Forecasts
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3. Identification of Management
Objectives and Preliminary Definition
of 2015 Salmon Management
Alternatives (Final Action)
4. Council Recommendations for 2015
Management Alternative Analysis
5. Further Council Direction for 2015
Management Alternatives
6. Adoption of 2015 Management
Alternatives for Public Review
7. Salmon Hearings Officers
G. Pacific Halibut Management
1. Report on the International Pacific
Halibut Commission (IPHC) Meeting
2. Incidental Catch Recommendations
for the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear
Sablefish Fisheries (Final Action for
Sablefish)
H. Highly Migratory Species
Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service
Report
2. Recommendations for International
Management Activities Including USCanada Albacore Treaty Area Fishery
Update
3. Final Exempted Fishing Permit
Approval (Final Action)
4. Drift Gillnet Management and
Monitoring Plan Including Final
Action on Hard Caps (Final Action)
I. Administrative Matters
1. Legislative Matters
2. National Marine Fisheries Service
West Coast Region Strategic Plan
Update
3. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
4. Membership Appointments and
Council Operating Procedures
5. Future Council Meeting Agenda and
Workload Planning
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants 3 p.m.
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group
Ad hoc
Day 4—Monday, March 9, 2015
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management
Team 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group
Ad hoc
Day 5—Tuesday, March 10, 2015
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management
Team 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group
Ad hoc
Day 6—Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Habitat Committee 8:30 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee
of the Scientific and Statistical
Committee 10 a.m.
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management
Team 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group
Ad hoc
Day 2—Saturday, March 7, 2015
Day 7—Thursday, March 12, 2015
Scientific and Statistical Committee 8
a.m.
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Legislative Committee 1 p.m.
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group
Ad hoc
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 these meetings.
Council action will be restricted to those
issues specifically listed in this notice
Schedule of Ancillary Meetings
Day 1—Friday, March 6, 2015
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Day 3—Sunday, March 8, 2015
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management
Team 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee 8
a.m.
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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: February 11, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Nominations to the Marine Mammal
Scientific Review Groups
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.
AGENCY:
As required by the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the
Secretary of Commerce established three
independent regional Scientific Review
Groups (SRGs) to provide advice on a
range of marine mammal science and
management issues. NMFS has
conducted a membership review of the
Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific SRGs and
is soliciting nominations for new
Members to fill vacancies on the
Atlantic and Pacific SRGs. Nominees
should possess demonstrable expertise
in the areas specified below, be able to
conduct thorough scientific reviews of
marine mammal science, and be able to
fulfill the necessary time commitments
associated with a thorough review of
documents and attendance at one
annual meeting.
DATES: Nominations must be received
by March 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent
to: Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea
Turtle Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–
3226, Attn: SRGs.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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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 March 6-
12, 2015. The Pacific Council meeting will begin on Sunday, March 8,
2015 at 8 a.m., reconvening each day through Thursday, March 12, 2015.
All meetings are open to the public, except a closed session will be
held at 8 a.m. on Sunday, March 8 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 Council and its advisory entities will be
held at the Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. 6th Street, Vancouver,
WA 98660; telephone: (360) 993-4500.
Council Address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220. Instructions for
attending the meeting via live stream broadcast are given under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below.
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 March 8-12, 2015 meeting of the Pacific
Fishery Management Council will be streamed live on the internet. The
live meeting will be broadcast daily starting at 9 a.m. Pacific Time
(PT) beginning on Sunday, March 8, 2015 through Thursday, March 12,
2015. The broadcast will end daily at 6 p.m. PT or when business for
the day is complete. Only the audio portion, and portions of the
presentations displayed on the screen at the Council meeting, will be
broadcast. The audio portion is listen-only; you will be unable to
speak to the Council via the broadcast. Join the meeting by visiting
this link https://www.joinwebinar.com, enter the Webinar ID for this
meeting, which is 138-252-315 and enter your email address as required.
It is recommended that you use a computer headset as GoToMeeting allows
you to listen to the meeting using your computer headset and speakers.
If you do not have a headset and speakers, you may use your telephone
for the audio portion of the meeting by dialing this TOLL number 1-480-
297-0021 (not a toll free number); entering the phone audio access code
326-426-740; and then entering your Audio Pin which will be shown to
you after joining the webinar. The webinar is broadcast in listen only
mode.
The following items are on the Pacific Council agenda, but not
necessarily in this order. Agenda items noted as ``(Final Action)''
refer to actions requiring the Council to transmit a proposed fishery
management plan, proposed plan amendment, or proposed regulations to
the Secretary of Commerce, under Sections 304 or 305 of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Additional detail on
agenda items, Council action, and meeting rooms, is described in Agenda
Item A.4, Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, and will be in the advance
March 2015 briefing materials and posted on the Council Web site
www.pcouncil.org.
A. Call to Order
1. Opening Remarks
2. Roll Call
3. Executive Director's Report
4. Approve Agenda
B. Open Comment Period
1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items
C. Enforcement Issues
1. Annual U.S. Coast Guard Fishery Enforcement Report
D. Habitat
1. Current Habitat Issues
E. Ecosystem Management
1. California Current Ecosystem Report Including Integrated Ecosystem
Assessment
2. Review of Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiatives
3. NMFS Climate Science Strategy Update
4. Unmanaged Forage Fish Protection Final Action (Final Action)
F. Salmon Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. Review of 2014 Fisheries and Summary of 2015 Stock Abundance
Forecasts
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3. Identification of Management Objectives and Preliminary Definition
of 2015 Salmon Management Alternatives (Final Action)
4. Council Recommendations for 2015 Management Alternative Analysis
5. Further Council Direction for 2015 Management Alternatives
6. Adoption of 2015 Management Alternatives for Public Review
7. Salmon Hearings Officers
G. Pacific Halibut Management
1. Report on the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC)
Meeting
2. Incidental Catch Recommendations for the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear
Sablefish Fisheries (Final Action for Sablefish)
H. Highly Migratory Species Management
1. National Marine Fisheries Service Report
2. Recommendations for International Management Activities Including
US-Canada Albacore Treaty Area Fishery Update
3. Final Exempted Fishing Permit Approval (Final Action)
4. Drift Gillnet Management and Monitoring Plan Including Final Action
on Hard Caps (Final Action)
I. Administrative Matters
1. Legislative Matters
2. National Marine Fisheries Service West Coast Region Strategic Plan
Update
3. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes
4. Membership Appointments and Council Operating Procedures
5. Future Council Meeting Agenda and Workload Planning
Schedule of Ancillary Meetings
Day 1--Friday, March 6, 2015
Habitat Committee 8:30 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical
Committee 10 a.m.
Day 2--Saturday, March 7, 2015
Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 a.m.
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Legislative Committee 1 p.m.
Day 3--Sunday, March 8, 2015
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management Team 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants 3 p.m.
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group Ad hoc
Day 4--Monday, March 9, 2015
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management Team 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group Ad hoc
Day 5--Tuesday, March 10, 2015
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management Team 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group Ad hoc
Day 6--Wednesday, March 11, 2015
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management Team 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group Ad hoc
Day 7--Thursday, March 12, 2015
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical Group Ad hoc
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 these meetings. 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: February 11, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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