Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 62478-62479 [2016-21729]
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initial planning for 10 to 20-day field
program; introduction of NEFSC
Working Group on transition options
(i.e., to transition to industry based
sampling platforms—in full or in part);
and next steps for NTAP including
discussion about additional funding for
future meetings.
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: September 6, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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General Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Section to the Inter-American
Tropical Tuna Commission and
Scientific Advisory Subcommittee to
the General Advisory Committee;
Conference Call Announcement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces a
conference call of the General Advisory
Committee (GAC) to the U.S. Section to
the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC) and the Scientific
Advisory Subcommittee (SAS) to the
GAC on September 23, 2016. The
meeting and call topics are described
under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice.
DATES: The conference call with the
GAC and SAS will be held on
September 23, 2016, from 10 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (or
until business is concluded).
ADDRESSES: The call will be held via
conference line: 1–888–790–6181,
passcode: 55049.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Taylor Debevec, West Coast Region,
NMFS, at Taylor.Debevec@noaa.gov, or
at (562) 980–4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Tuna Conventions
Act (16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), as amended,
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the U.S. Department of Commerce, in
consultation with the Department of
State (the State Department), appoints a
GAC to the U.S. Section to the IATTC,
and a SAS that advises the GAC. The
U.S. Section consists of four U.S.
Commissioners to the IATTC and
representatives of the State Department,
NOAA, Department of Commerce, other
agencies of the U.S. Government, and
other stakeholders. The purpose of the
GAC is to advise the U.S. Section with
respect to scientific research about, and
management of, tuna and tuna-like
species in the eastern tropical Pacific
Ocean conducted by the IATTC, with
particular reference to development of
U.S. policies, positions, and negotiating
tactics. The purpose of the SAS is to
advise the GAC on matters of science.
NMFS West Coast Region provides
administrative support for the GAC and
SAS. The meetings of the GAC and SAS
shall generally be open to the public,
unless the meetings go into executive
session for specific topics. The time and
manner of public comment will be at
the discretion of the chairs for the GAC
and SAS.
The 90th meeting of the IATTC was
held in La Jolla, CA, from June 27 to
July 1, 2016, but not all agenda items
were addressed and the meeting was
temporarily adjourned. As such, the
90th meeting of the IATTC will be
resumed from October 12 to October 14,
2016, in La Jolla, CA. For more
information on the resumed meeting,
please visit the IATTC’s Web site:
https://www.iattc.org/
MeetingsENG.htm.
GAC and SAS Call Topics
The call topics will include, but are
not limited to, the following:
1. Formulation of advice on issues
that may arise at the resumed 90th
meeting of the IATTC, including the
IATTC staff’s recommended
conservation measures, U.S. proposals,
and proposals from other IATTC
members; and
2. Other issues as they arise.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Taylor Debevec
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT)
by September 16, 2016.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.
Dated: September 6, 2016.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting via
webinar.
AGENCY:
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will hold a
meeting via webinar of its Data
Collection Technical Committee.
DATES: The meeting will convene
Thursday, September 29, 2016, from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar; you may register at: https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
5388009774335661059.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
John Froeschke, Fishery BiologistStatistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; john.froeschke@
gulfcouncil.org; telephone: (813) 348–
1630.
SUMMARY:
The items
of discussion on the agenda are as
follows:
The Data Collection Technical
Committee will meet to discuss the
minimum data elements necessary to
implement electronic reporting of forhire fisheries data in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Technical Committee will review
data elements collected by existing forhire programs in the Gulf and other
regions as well as the data elements
recommended for consideration by the
National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Regional Office. The
objectives are to improve timeliness and
data quality of fisheries data from the
federal for-hire sector that will be used
to support fisheries science and
management. The Technical Committee
is expected to discuss and provide
recommendations to the Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council regarding
about the minimum data elements to
achieve the goals of the program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Adjourns
Please register for Data Collection
Technical Committee meeting on
Thursday, September 29, 2016, 9 a.m.
EDT at: https://
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attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
5388009774335661059.
After registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing
information about joining the webinar.
The Agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version along with other
meeting materials will be posted on the
Council’s file server. To access the file
server, the URL is https://
public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/
index.cgi, or go to the Council’s Web
site and click on the File Server link in
the lower left of the Council Web site
(https://www.gulfcouncil.org). The
username and password are both
‘‘gulfguest’’. Click on the ‘‘Library
Folder’’, then scroll down to ‘‘Data
Collection Technical Committee’’.
The meeting will be webcast over the
internet. A link to the webcast will be
available on the Council’s Web site,
https://www.gulfcouncil.org.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
Technical Committee for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting.
Actions of the Technical Committee will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in the agenda 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
action to address the emergency.
Dated: September 6, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Broadband Research Agenda
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce; National
Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments.
AGENCY:
In furtherance of the
Broadband Opportunity Council’s
recommendation to improve data
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collection, analysis and research on
broadband, the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) and the National
Science Foundation (NSF) request
public comments to inform the
development of a National Broadband
Research Agenda (Agenda) in
collaboration with the Networking and
Information Technology Research and
Development (NITRD) Program and
other agencies that form the Council.
This Agenda will reflect the most
significant opportunities for data
collection, analysis, and research to
keep pace with, and take advantage of,
the massive digital changes that
permeate our economy and society.
DATES: Submit written comments on or
before 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on
October 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by email to: NBRArfc2016@
ntia.doc.gov. Include ‘‘National
Broadband Research Agenda’’ in the
subject line of the message. Comments
submitted by email should be machinereadable and should not be copyprotected. Written comments may also
be submitted by mail to the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Room 4887, Attn: National
Broadband Research Agenda,
Washington DC 20230. Responders
should include the name of the person
or organization filing the comment, as
well as a page number on each page of
the submission. Enclose a CD or DVD
version of your submission labeled with
the name and organization of the filer.
All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be
posted to https://www.ntia.doc.gov/
federal-register-notice/2016/commentsnational-broadband-research-agenda
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address)
voluntarily submitted by commenters
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. NTIA will accept
anonymous comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Francine Alkisswani, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Room 4621, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482–5560;
email: falkisswani@ntia.doc.gov; or Jack
T. Brassil, Computer and Information
Science and Engineering, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Room 1175.31N, Arlington,
VA 22230; telephone: (703) 292–8950;
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email: jbrassil@nsf.gov. Please direct
media inquiries to NTIA’s Office of
Public Affairs; email: press@
ntia.doc.gov; telephone: (202) 482–7002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In March 2015, President Obama
created the Broadband Opportunity
Council (Council), composed of 25
federal departments and agencies, to
determine actions that the federal
government could take to eliminate
barriers to broadband deployment,
competition, and adoption and
encourage investment through executive
actions within the scope of existing
agency programs, missions, and
budgets.1 The U.S. Departments of
Commerce and Agriculture co-chaired
the Council.
In September 2015, the White House
released the Council’s report, which
described 36 concrete steps the member
agencies would take to reduce barriers,
incentivize investment, promote best
practices, align funding policies and
decisions, and support broadband
deployment and adoption.2 One of the
actions in the report called for NTIA
and NSF to develop a national
broadband research agenda with input
from other federal agencies and the
broader research community. This
Notice seeks recommendations from all
members of the research community to
support the development of the Agenda.
This input will supplement input
received through an NSF-sponsored
visioning workshop.3
II. Objectives of This Notice
This Notice seeks input to improve
data collection, analysis, research, and
their applications for the benefit of
broadband policy development,
program implementation, and program
evaluation. A robust broadband research
1 The White House, Office of the Press Secretary,
Presidential Memorandum—Expanding Broadband
Deployment and Adoption by Addressing
Regulatory Barriers and Encouraging Investment
and Training (March 23, 2015), available at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/23/
presidential-memorandum-expanding-broadbanddeployment-and-adoption-addr.
2 Broadband Opportunity Council, Report and
Recommendations Pursuant to the Presidential
Memorandum on Expanding Broadband
Deployment and Adoption by Addressing
Regulatory Barriers and Encouraging Investment
and Training (Aug. 20, 2015) at 12, available at
https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/
broadband_opportunity_council_report_final.pdf.
3 The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded
the Pennsylvania State University, Institute of
Information Policy (IIP) to organize a visioning
workshop with leading experts in academia,
industry, and government on June 16–17, 2016, at
the NSF in Arlington, Virginia. See the details of
the ‘‘Broadband 2021’’ workshop at https://
broadband.ist.psu.edu/.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE865
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting via webinar.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a
meeting via webinar of its Data Collection Technical Committee.
DATES: The meeting will convene Thursday, September 29, 2016, from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar; you may register at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5388009774335661059.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Froeschke, Fishery Biologist-
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council;
john.froeschke@gulfcouncil.org; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion on the agenda are as
follows:
The Data Collection Technical Committee will meet to discuss the
minimum data elements necessary to implement electronic reporting of
for-hire fisheries data in the Gulf of Mexico. The Technical Committee
will review data elements collected by existing for-hire programs in
the Gulf and other regions as well as the data elements recommended for
consideration by the National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast
Regional Office. The objectives are to improve timeliness and data
quality of fisheries data from the federal for-hire sector that will be
used to support fisheries science and management. The Technical
Committee is expected to discuss and provide recommendations to the
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council regarding about the minimum
data elements to achieve the goals of the program.
Meeting Adjourns
Please register for Data Collection Technical Committee meeting on
Thursday, September 29, 2016, 9 a.m. EDT at: https://
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attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5388009774335661059.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the webinar.
The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version along with
other meeting materials will be posted on the Council's file server. To
access the file server, the URL is https://public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/index.cgi, or go to the Council's Web site and click on the File
Server link in the lower left of the Council Web site (https://www.gulfcouncil.org). The username and password are both ``gulfguest''.
Click on the ``Library Folder'', then scroll down to ``Data Collection
Technical Committee''.
The meeting will be webcast over the internet. A link to the
webcast will be available on the Council's Web site, https://www.gulfcouncil.org.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come
before the Technical Committee for discussion, in accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues
may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Actions of
the Technical Committee will be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in the agenda 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 action to
address the emergency.
Dated: September 6, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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