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Conservation Plan (Action Item) 

B. CNMI 

B.1. Arongol Falu ́

B.2. Department of Land and Natural 

Resources/Division of Fish and 

Wildlife Report 

B.3. Review of the CNMI Marine 

Conservation Plan (Action Item) 

C. Advisory Group Report and 

Recommendations 

C.1. Advisory Panel 

C.2. Fishing Industry Advisory 

Committee 

C.3. Scientific and Statistical 

Committee 

D. Public Comment 

E. Council Discussion and Action 

10. Protected Species 

A. Endangered Species Act and 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

Updates 

A.1. Green Sea Turtle Critical Habitat 

Proposed Designations 

A.2. Other Updates 

B. Update on the Hawaii Pelagic False 

Killer Whale Assessment Approach 

C. Advisory Group Report and 

Recommendations 

C.1. Advisory Panel 

C.2. Fishing Industry Advisory 

Committee 

C.3. Pelagic Plan Team 

C.4. Scientific & Statistical Committee 

D. Public Comment 

E. Council Discussion and Action 

Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. HST 

11. Program Planning and Research 

A. Climate Change Governance Policy 

B. Inflation Reduction Act Overview 

C. NMFS Priorities for Addressing 

Climate Change in Fishery 

Management 

C.1. National Activities and Priorities 

(including Ocean Climate Action 

Plan) 

C.2. Regional Activities and Priorities 

(including Pacific Islands Regional 

Action Plan and CEFI) 

D. Council Program Planning and 

Multi-Year Priorities 

D.1. Council Management Priorities 

for Addressing Climate Change 

D.2. Inflation Reduction Act Planning 

E. National Legislative Report 

F. Report on National Standard 4, 8, 

& 9 Review 

G. NASEM Committee on Assessing 

Equity in the Distribution of 

Fisheries Management Benefits 

H. National Seafood Strategy 

I. Regional Communications & 

Outreach Report 

J. Advisory Group Report and 

Recommendations 

J.1. Advisory Panel 

J.2. Fishing Industry Advisory 

Committee 

J.3. Pelagic Plan Team 

J.4. Education Committee 

J.5. Scientific & Statistical Committee 

K. Program Planning Standing 

Committee Report 

L. Fishing Rights of Indigenous 

People Standing Committee Report 

M. Public Comment 

N. Council Discussion and Action 

12. Pelagic & International Fisheries 

A. American Samoa Longline Fishery 

Report 

B. Hawaii Longline Fishery Report 

C. 2024 U.S. Territorial Bigeye Tuna 

Catch Limit and Allocation 

Specification (Final Action) 

D. Scenarios for Implementing 

Electronic Monitoring in Western 

Pacific Longline Fisheries 

E. International Fisheries 

E.1. 19th Meeting of the ISC 

E.2. 19th Scientific Committee of the 

WCPFC 

E.3. 3rd Western and Central Pacific 

Ocean Longline Management 

Workshop 

F. Advisory Group Report and 

Recommendations 

F.1. Advisory Panel 

F.2. Fishing Industry Advisory 

Committee 

F.3. Pelagic Plan Team 

F.4. Scientific & Statistical Committee 

G. Pelagic and International Standing 

Committee Report 

H. Public Comment 

I. Council Discussion and Action 

13. Administrative Matters 

A. Financial Reports 

B. Administrative Reports 

C. Council Family Changes 

D. Meetings and Workshops 

E. Report on Program Plan 

F. Executive and Budget Standing 

Committee Report 

G. Public Comment 

H. Council Discussion and Action 

14. Other Business 

Non-emergency issues not contained 

in this agenda may come before the 

Council for discussion and formal 

Council action during its 196th meeting. 

However, Council action on regulatory 

issues will be restricted to those issues 

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 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 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18492 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD286] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (MAFMC) 

Ecosystem and Ocean Planning 

Advisory Panel and Committee will 

hold a meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for agenda details. 

DATES: The meeting will take place from 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 1:30 

p.m. to Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 

4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This will be an in-person 

meeting with a virtual option. Advisory 

Panel and Committee members, other 

invited meeting participants, and 

members of the public will have the 

option to participate in person at the 

Royal Sonesta Harbor Court, 550 Light 

Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, or 

virtually via Webex webinar. Webinar 

connection instructions and briefing 

materials will be available at 

www.mafmc.org/ssc. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; website: 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During 

this meeting, the Ecosystem and Ocean 

Planning Advisory Panel and 

Committee will review a draft policy/ 

process for MAFMC review of exempted 

fishing permit applications for species 

listed as ecosystem components under 

the MAFMC’s Unmanaged Forage 

Omnibus Amendment. The Advisory 

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recommendations to the MAFMC for 

revisions to or adoption of this policy. 

The Advisory Panel and Committee will 

also discuss an ongoing comprehensive 

review of the MAFMC Ecosystem 

Approach to Fisheries Management 

(EAFM) risk assessment. The Advisory 

Panel and Committee will review all 

components of the risk assessment, 

including elements, definitions, 

indicators, and risk ranking criteria. 

They will then develop 

recommendations for MAFMC 

consideration for revisions to the EAFM 

risk assessment and potential 

opportunities to apply the risk 

assessment in the management process. 

A detailed agenda and background 

documents will be made available on 

the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org) 

prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18491 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD273] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of 17 

scientific research permits. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has issued 17 scientific research 

permits under the Endangered Species 

Act (ESA) to the individuals and 

organizations listed in Table 1. The 

research is intended to increase 

knowledge of species listed under the 

ESA and to help guide management and 

conservation efforts. 

ADDRESSES: The permits and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request via email to 

nmfs.wcr-apps@noaa.gov (please 

include the permit number in the 

subject line of the email). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shivonne Nesbit, Portland, OR ((ph.: 

541–805–5320), email: 

Shivonne.Nesbit@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice 

was published in the Federal Register 

on the dates listed below that requests 

for permits and permit modifications 

had been submitted by the below-named 

applicants. To locate the Federal 

Register notice that announced our 

receipt of the applications and a 

complete description of the research, go 

to https://www.federalregister.gov and 

search on the permit number and 

Federal Register notice information 

provided in the table below. 

TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMITS AND PERMIT MODIFICATIONS

Permit No. RTID Applicant Previous Federal Register notice Issuance date 

1134–8R ..... 0648–XC771 ... Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; 729 NE Oregon Street, 

Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232–2107 (Responsible Party: Robert 

Lothrop).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 21, 2023. 

15573–4R ... 0648–XC771 ... Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District; P.O. Box 150, Willows, CA 95988 (Responsible party: Thad Bettner).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... March 31, 2023. 

15824–3R ... 0648–XC771 ... County of Santa Cruz, Environmental Health Services; 701 Ocean 

Street, Room 312, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (Responsible party: Sierra 

Ryan).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... March 31, 2023. 

16303–3R ... 0648–XC771 ... USGS Western Fisheries Research Center; 6505 NE 65th Street, Seattle, WA 98115 (Responsible party: Michael Schmidt).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

21061–2R ... 0648–XC771 ... Windward Environmental; 200 W Mercer St. Suite 401, Seattle, WA 

98119 (Responsible party: Thai Do).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 5, 2023. 

22093–2R ... 0648–XC771 ... Snoqualmie Valley Watershed Improvement District; PO Box 1148, 

Carnation, WA 98014 (Responsible party: Andrea Obst).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

22998–2R ... 0648–XC771 ... U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Western Washington Fish and Wildlife 

Conservation; 510 Desmond Dr SE 102, Lacey, WA 98503 (Responsible party: Jeffery Johnson).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

26368–2M .. 0648–XC771 ... Idaho State University; 1856 S 3rd Ave, Pocatello, ID 83201 (Responsible party: Tyler Breech).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 4, 2023. 

26714 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; 65495 Alder Slope Rd., Enterprise, OR 97828 (Responsible party: Michael Lance).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 4, 2023. 

26766 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Washington Department of Natural Resources, Small Forest Landowners Office; PO Box 544, Twisp, WA 98856 (Responsible party: 

Brent Haverkamp).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 4, 2023. 

26968 ......... 0648–XC771 ... California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Aquatic Bioassessment 

Lab; 2005 Nimbus Rd, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (Responsible 

party: Alison Furler).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... March 31, 2023. 

27069 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Thomas Gast & Associates Environmental Consultants; PO Box 1137, 

Arcata, CA 95518 (Responsible party: Thomas Gast).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... June 20, 2023. 

27091 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Port of Seattle, Maritime Environment & Sustainability; PO Box 1209, 

Seattle, WA 98111 (Responsible party: Sloan Jon).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

27098 ......... 0648–XC771 ... WA Department of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resources; 1111 

Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98504 (Responsible party: Ron 

Coleman).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

27129 ......... 0648–XC771 ... United States Geological Survey; 10615 SE Cherry Blossom Dr., Portland, OR 97216 (Responsible party: Ian Waite).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 7, 2023. 

27162 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Washington Department of Natural Resources, Olympic Region; 411 

Tillicum Lane, Forks, WA 98331 (Responsible party: Drew 

Rosanbalm).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... August 14, 2023. 

27212 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; 104 

Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97330 (Responsible party: Brian 

Sidlauskas).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 4, 2023. 


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