Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 246 / Wednesday, December 26, 2018 / Notices 66247 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG680 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

(webinar). 

SUMMARY: The Ecosystem and Highly 

Migratory Species (HMS) 

Subcommittees of the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific 

Council’s) Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting 

via webinar to review analyses of 

drivers of albacore distribution and 

availability to fisheries in the California 

Current. The webinar meeting is open to 

the public. 

DATES: The SSC Ecosystem and HMS 

Subcommittees webinar will be held 

Monday, January 7, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 

4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time or until 

business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC’s Ecosystem and 

HMS Subcommittees’ meeting will be 

held by webinar. To attend the webinar, 

(1) join the meeting by visiting this link 

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/ 

666423461, (2) enter your name and 

email address (required). After logging 

into the webinar, please (1) dial this 

TOLL number: 1–872–240–3412 (not a 

toll-free number); (2) enter the attendee 

phone audio access code: 666–423–461; 

and (3) then enter your audio phone pin 

(shown after joining the webinar). 

NOTE: We have disabled mic/speakers 

as an option and require all participants 

to use a telephone or cell phone to 

participate. Technical Information and 

System Requirements: PC-based 

attendees are required to use Windows®

7, Vista, or XP; Mac®-based attendees 

are required to use Mac OS® X 10.5 or 

newer; Mobile attendees are required to 

use iPhone®, iPad®, AndroidTM phone 

or Android tablet (See the https://

www.gotomeeting.com/meeting/ipadiphone-android-apps). You may send an 

email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at 

Kris.Kleinschmidt@noaa.gov or contact 

him at (503) 820–2280, extension 411 

for technical assistance. A public 

listening station will also be available at 

the Pacific Council office. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the SSC Ecosystem and HMS 

Subcommittees’ meeting is to review 

analyses of drivers of albacore 

distribution and availability to fisheries 

in the California Current. The review 

will focus on how these analyses may 

inform future reports to the Pacific 

Council, including reports from 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s California Current 

Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team. 

No management actions will be 

decided by the SSC’s Ecosystem and 

HMS Subcommittees. The SSC 

Ecosystem and HMS Subcommittees 

members’ role will be development of 

recommendations and reports for 

consideration by the SSC and Pacific 

Council at the March Pacific Council 

meeting in Vancouver, WA. 

Although nonemergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agendas may 

be discussed, those issues may not be 

the subject of formal action during these 

meetings. 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 intent of the SSC Groundfish 

Subcommittee 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 Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt, (503) 820–2411, at least 

10 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: December 18, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27806 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG687 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Groundfish Committee to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, January 15, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the DoubleTree by Hilton, 50 Ferncroft 

Road, Danvers, MA 01950; phone: (978) 

777–2500. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda 

The committee will review the 

recreational advisory panel 

recommendations and then provide 

recommendations to the Council on 

fishing year 2019 recreational measures 

for Gulf of Maine cod and haddock, and 

Georges Bank cod. They will receive an 

overview of the Council’s priorities for 

2019. The committee will receive an 

overview of the recreational workshops 

held in January. The committee will 

also discuss and provide 

recommendations on a proposal for a 

new groundfish sector. Other business 

will be discussed as necessary. 

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 these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens 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 physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

978–465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. This meeting will be 

recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 


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