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Division, Office of Protected Resources,
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13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
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the address listed above. Comments may
also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
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of the email comment.
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to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Hapeman or Erin Markin, (301)
427–8401.
The
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: July 6, 2017.
Catherine Marzin,
Acting Deputy Office Director, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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RIN 0648–XF527
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone off Alaska; Stock Assessment of
Eastern Bering Sea Tanner Crab;
Center for Independent Experts Peer
Review Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of Wreckfish Individual
Transferable Quota (ITQ) shareholders
in Daytona Beach, FL.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, August 2, 2017, from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held at the Daytona Beach Resort and
Conference Center, 2700 North Atlantic
Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 32118;
Hotel phone: (386) 672–3770, fax: (386)
944–2090.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Brian Cheuvront, Deputy Executive
Director for Management, SAFMC;
phone: (843) 302–8442; fax: (843) 744–
4472.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The items of discussion by
shareholders are as follows:
1. Overview of the mandatory review
of the catch share program
2. Timing of the program review
3. Input from shareholders on their
views of the current state of the catch
share program.
4. Input from shareholders on changes
they would like to see in the program.
SUMMARY:
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) 3 days
prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 5, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
NMFS has requested the
Center for Independent Experts (CIE) to
conduct a peer review of the agency’s
stock assessment of eastern Bering Sea
Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi). The
CIE is a group affiliated with the
University of Miami that provides
independent peer reviews of NMFS
science nationwide, including reviews
of stock assessments for fish, shellfish
and marine mammals. The eastern
Bering Sea Tanner crab stock
assessment is reviewed annually by the
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, the
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council (NPFMC) Crab Plan Team, and
the NPFMC Scientific and Statistical
Committee. The CIE review will
examine whether the assessment
incorporates the best scientific
information available for making
management decisions and provides a
reasonable approach to understanding
the population dynamics and stock
status of eastern Bering Sea Tanner crab.
The public is invited to attend and
observe the presentations and
discussions between the CIE panel and
the NMFS scientists who collected and
processed the data, and designed the
underlying model.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
from July 31 through August 3, 2017, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: The review will be held at
the Alaska Fisheries Science Center,
7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA
98115–6349. Visitors will need to
provide proper ID and sign in at the
front desk.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Stockhausen, 206–526–4241.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIE
panel will consist of three peer
reviewers who will assess materials
related to the topic, participate in a
review workshop with the NMFS
scientists who developed the model and
the analytical approach, and produce a
report. This review will be highly
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technical in nature and will cover
mathematical details of the analytical
approach. More information about the
CIE is available on its Web site at
www.ciereviews.org.
Members of the public are invited to
observe, and will be provided
opportunities to contribute on July 31
through August 2, 2017. The final report
will be available prior to the September
NPFMC Plan Team meetings and will
consist of individual reports from each
panelist and a summary report. The
results of the review will be presented
during the September 2017 NPFMC
Crab Plan Team meeting, which will be
announced at a later time in the Federal
Register.
Special Accommodations
These workshops will be physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Jennifer
Ferdinand, 206–526–4076, at least 10
working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: July 5, 2017.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting of the
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council’s Executive Finance Committee.
AGENCY:
The Executive Finance
Committee will meet via webinar to
discuss the Council Coordinating
Committee (CCC) Working Paper,
proposed legislation, the Fisheries
Leadership and Sustainability Forum,
and participation at Council meetings.
Public comment will be accepted. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The Executive Finance
Committee will meet from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The Executive
Finance Committee meeting will be held
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via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Registration is
required. Registration information is
available from the Council’s Web site at:
https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/
council-meetings/.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
Charleston, SC 29405. www.safmc.net.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Collins, Administrative Assistant,
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite
201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free (866)
SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; email:
mike.collins@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting will be held via webinar. The
meeting agenda other materials will be
posted on the Council’s Web site at
https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/
council-meetings/ as they become
available. Public comment on agenda
items will be accepted at the beginning
of the meeting following approval of the
minutes.
The items of discussion are as
follows:
1. Review and provide draft language
for the CCC Working Paper addressing
key issues being considered as part of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
reauthorization process.
2. Review and develop comments
relative to H.R. 200—the Strengthening
Fishing Communities and Increasing
Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
and H.R. 2023—the Modernizing
Recreational Fisheries Management Act
of 2017 for Council consideration. The
Committee will develop
recommendations on other MSA-related
bills if they become available prior to
the meeting.
3. Discuss the Fisheries Leadership
and Sustainability Forum and current
issues. Develop recommendations
supporting the Forum for Council
consideration.
4. Review current participation of
external organizations at Council
meetings and provide recommendations
for consideration by the Council.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on 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
identified 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
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notified of the 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 SAFMC
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C.1801 et seq.
Dated: July 5, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–14408 Filed 7–10–17; 8:45 am]
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Marine Mammals; File No. 21143
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that Dr.
Jeremy Kiszka, Florida International
University, 3000 NE 151st Street,
Marine Science Building, Room 250D,
North Miami, Florida 33181, has
applied in due form for a permit to
conduct research on bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus).
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
August 10, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File No. 21143 from the list of
available applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division, at
the address listed above. Comments may
also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
713–0376, or by email to
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF526
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Stock
Assessment of Eastern Bering Sea Tanner Crab; Center for Independent
Experts Peer Review Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS has requested the Center for Independent Experts (CIE) to
conduct a peer review of the agency's stock assessment of eastern
Bering Sea Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi). The CIE is a group
affiliated with the University of Miami that provides independent peer
reviews of NMFS science nationwide, including reviews of stock
assessments for fish, shellfish and marine mammals. The eastern Bering
Sea Tanner crab stock assessment is reviewed annually by the Alaska
Fisheries Science Center, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council
(NPFMC) Crab Plan Team, and the NPFMC Scientific and Statistical
Committee. The CIE review will examine whether the assessment
incorporates the best scientific information available for making
management decisions and provides a reasonable approach to
understanding the population dynamics and stock status of eastern
Bering Sea Tanner crab. The public is invited to attend and observe the
presentations and discussions between the CIE panel and the NMFS
scientists who collected and processed the data, and designed the
underlying model.
DATES: The public meeting will be held from July 31 through August 3,
2017, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: The review will be held at the Alaska Fisheries Science
Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115-6349. Visitors will
need to provide proper ID and sign in at the front desk.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Stockhausen, 206-526-4241.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIE panel will consist of three peer
reviewers who will assess materials related to the topic, participate
in a review workshop with the NMFS scientists who developed the model
and the analytical approach, and produce a report. This review will be
highly
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technical in nature and will cover mathematical details of the
analytical approach. More information about the CIE is available on its
Web site at www.ciereviews.org.
Members of the public are invited to observe, and will be provided
opportunities to contribute on July 31 through August 2, 2017. The
final report will be available prior to the September NPFMC Plan Team
meetings and will consist of individual reports from each panelist and
a summary report. The results of the review will be presented during
the September 2017 NPFMC Crab Plan Team meeting, which will be
announced at a later time in the Federal Register.
Special Accommodations
These workshops will be physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Jennifer Ferdinand, 206-526-4076,
at least 10 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: July 5, 2017.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-14442 Filed 7-10-17; 8:45 am]
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