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1. IATTC
2. WCPFC
a. Science Committee Meeting
b. Intersessional Meeting on Tropical
Tuna Measures
c. Northern Committee Meeting
d. Technical and Compliance
Committee Meeting
e. Permanent Advisory Committee
Issues
f. U.S. Proposals for WCPFC 14
3. North Pacific Fisheries Commission
Meeting
4. South Pacific Regional Fisheries
Management Organization
F. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel
2. American Samoa Regional
Ecosystem Advisory Committee
3. Scientific & Statistical Committee
G. Standing Committee
Recommendations
H. Public Comment
I. Council Discussion and Action
9. Protected Species
A. Updates on Endangered Species
Act
1. Turtles
2. Corals
3. Other Actions
B. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel
2. Scientific & Statistical Committee
C. Public Comment
D. Council Discussion and Action
10. Program Planning and Research
A. Alternatives for Aquaculture
Management (Initial Action Item)
B. Options for Designating
Management Unit Species Into
Ecosystem Components (Initial
Action Item)
C. Precious Corals Management Issues
1. Refining Precious Coral Essential
Fish Habitat
2. Gold Coral Moratorium (Initial
Action Item)
D. Territory Science Initiative Project
Updates
E. Report on Coral Reef Regulation
Review
F. Social Science Planning Committee
Strategic Plan and Priorities
G. Report on the Climate Change
Training Workshop
H. Regional, National and
International Outreach & Education
I. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel
2. Regional Ecosystem Advisory
Committee
3. Scientific & Statistical Committee
J. Standing Committee
Recommendations
K. Public Comment
L. Council Discussion and Action
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11. Hawaii Archipelago & PRIA
A. Moku Pepa
B. Legislative Report
C. Enforcement Issues
D. Fishing Year 2018 Annual Catch
Limit Specification for the Main
Hawaiian Island Coral Reef Fish
(Final Action Item)
E. Education and Outreach Initiatives
F. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel
2. Scientific & Statistical Committee
G. Public Comment
H. Council Discussion and Action
12. Public Comment on Non-agenda
Items
Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 6 p.m. to
9 p.m.
Fishers Forum—Fishing: Food. Life.
Future.
Thursday, October 19, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to
3 p.m.
13. Mariana Archipelago
A. Guam
1. Isla Informe
2. Legislative Report
3. Enforcement Issues
4. Community Activities and Issues
a. Report on Indigenous Fishing
Rights Initiatives
b. Report on Malesso CBMP
c. Report on the Yigo CBMP
5. Education and Outreach Initiatives
B. Commonwealth of Northern
Mariana Islands
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1. Arongol Falu
2. Legislative Report
3. Enforcement Issues
4. Community Activities and Issues
a. Report on Northern Islands CBMP
5. Education and Outreach Initiatives
C. Advisory Group Report and
Recommendations
1. Advisory Panel
2. Scientific & Statistical Committee
D. Public Comment
E. Council Discussion and Action
13. Administrative Matters
A. Financial Reports
B. Administrative Reports
C. Council Family Changes
1. Education Committee
D. Meetings and Workshops
E. Other Business
F. Standing Committee
Recommendations
G. Public Comment
H. Council Discussion and Action
14. Election of Officers
15. Other Business
Non-emergency issues not contained
in this agenda may come before the
Council for discussion and formal
Council action during its 171st meeting.
However, Council action on regulatory
issues will be restricted to those issues
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specifically listed in this document and
any regulatory issue arising after
publication of this document that
requires emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take 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 Kitty M. Simonds,
(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522–
8226 (fax), at least five days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 19, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold public meetings of the Council and
its Committees.
DATES: The meetings will be held
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 through
Thursday, October 12, 2017. For agenda
details, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:
Hyatt Long Island East End, 451 East
Main St., Riverhead, NY 11901,
telephone: (631) 208–0002.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State St.,
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:
(302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (302)
526–5255. The Council’s Web site,
www.mafmc.org also has details on the
meeting location, proposed agenda,
webinar listen-in access, and briefing
materials.
SUMMARY:
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The
following items are on the agenda,
though agenda items may be addressed
out of order (changes will be noted on
the Council’s Web site when possible.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Executive Committee
Review 2017 and Proposed 2018
Implementation Plan; discuss
recommendations on 2018 priorities.
Swearing In of New and Reappointed
Council Members
Election of Officers
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Goals and
Objectives Workshop
Review results from Fisheries Forum
project; review Fishery Management
Action Team recommendations; identify
and approve revised goals and
objectives for public hearing document.
Golden Tilefish Individual Transferable
Quota Program Review
Review and approve final report.
Regional Planning Body Ecologically
Rich Areas Presentation
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Lobster Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology Framework—Meeting 2
Final action on preferred alternatives
Science Report; Organization Reports;
and Liaison Reports.
• Continuing and New Business.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meetings. Actions
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 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 aid
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders,
(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: September 19, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Spiny Dogfish Specifications
Review previously set specifications
for 2018 and consider any modifications
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
Management Risk Assessment
Finalize and adopt EAFM Based Risk
Assessment.
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Commercial Accountability
Measure Framework—Meeting 1
Review background, issues, and draft
alternatives.
2018 Recreational Black Sea Bass Wave
1 Fishery
Consider a potential February 2018
opening of the recreational Wave 1
fishery.
Reports will be received from the
NOAA Office of Law Enforcement and
the U.S. Coast Guard.
Review plan for the development of
the Strategic Plan.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
• Business Session Committee
Reports; Executive Director’s Report;
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone off Alaska; Application for an
Exempted Fishing Permit
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
exempted fishing permit.
AGENCY:
This notice announces receipt
of an exempted fishing permit (EFP)
application from the Alaska Seafood
Cooperative (AKSC). If granted, this EFP
would allow non-pelagic trawl catcher/
processor operators targeting groundfish
in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering
Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) to
remove halibut from a trawl codend on
the deck, and release those halibut back
to the water in a timely manner to
increase survivability. The proposed
project would build on work conducted
by the applicant under EFPs in 2009,
2012, and 2015 through 2017 to test
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methods for sorting halibut on deck of
non-pelagic trawl catcher/processor
vessels in the BSAI including methods
to increase halibut survivability and
ensure reliable catch accounting and
personnel safety. The objective of the
proposed project is to refine the few,
remaining operational issues to yield
robust methods which could be
implemented to allow sorting of halibut
on the deck of non-pelagic trawl vessels
as a standard practice in the BSAI and
GOA in the future. The specific
objectives of the proposed project are to
(1) continue the proven methods used in
2017 EFP operations in 2018 and 2019;
(2) develop individual-vessel deck
sorting safety protocols; (3) test methods
for moving fish on deck to ensure a
single flow of fish, which is essential for
proper catch monitoring; and (4) expand
the project to the GOA to standardize
operations between the BSAI and GOA
and evaluate the potential for increasing
halibut survivability in the GOA. This
experiment has the potential to promote
the objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act and the Northern Pacific Halibut
Act.
DATES: Comments on this EFP
application must be submitted to NMFS
on or before October 10, 2017. The
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) will consider the
application at its meeting from October
2, 2017, through October 10, 2017, in
Anchorage, AK.
ADDRESSES: The Council meeting will be
held at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W 3rd
Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501. The agenda
for the Council meeting is available at
https://www.npfmc.org. You may submit
comments on this document, identified
by NOAA–NMFS–2017–0112, by any of
the following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20170112, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Glenn Merrill, Assistant Regional
Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, Alaska Region NMFS, Attn:
Ellen Sebastian. Mail comments to P.O.
Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered. All comments received are
a part of the public record and will
generally be posted for public viewing
on www.regulations.gov without change.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF705
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold public meetings of the Council and its Committees.
DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, October 10, 2017 through
Thursday, October 12, 2017. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Hyatt Long Island East End, 451
East Main St., Riverhead, NY 11901, telephone: (631) 208-0002.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302)
526-5255. The Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org also has details on the
meeting location, proposed agenda, webinar listen-in access, and
briefing materials.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items are on the agenda,
though agenda items may be addressed out of order (changes will be
noted on the Council's Web site when possible.)
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Executive Committee
Review 2017 and Proposed 2018 Implementation Plan; discuss
recommendations on 2018 priorities.
Swearing In of New and Reappointed Council Members
Election of Officers
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Goals and Objectives Workshop
Review results from Fisheries Forum project; review Fishery
Management Action Team recommendations; identify and approve revised
goals and objectives for public hearing document.
Golden Tilefish Individual Transferable Quota Program Review
Review and approve final report.
Regional Planning Body Ecologically Rich Areas Presentation
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Lobster Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology Framework--Meeting 2
Final action on preferred alternatives
Spiny Dogfish Specifications
Review previously set specifications for 2018 and consider any
modifications
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Risk Assessment
Finalize and adopt EAFM Based Risk Assessment.
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial Accountability
Measure Framework--Meeting 1
Review background, issues, and draft alternatives.
2018 Recreational Black Sea Bass Wave 1 Fishery
Consider a potential February 2018 opening of the recreational Wave
1 fishery.
Law Enforcement Reports
Reports will be received from the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement
and the U.S. Coast Guard.
2019-23 Strategic Plan
Review plan for the development of the Strategic Plan.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Business Session Committee Reports; Executive Director's
Report; Science Report; Organization Reports; and Liaison Reports.
Continuing and New Business.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act),
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these
meetings. Actions 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 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 aid should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: September 19, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-20238 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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