Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 5, 2023 / Notices 60651 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore and Carrie Hubard, 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The applicant proposes to import up 

to 20 samples annually from each of the 

following species: ringed seal (Pusa 

hispida), harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) 

and gray seal (Halichoerus grypus); and 

up to 40 samples annually from killer 

whales (Orcinus orca) from the Swedish 

Natural History Museums’ collections 

(i.e., collection of beached or 

accidentally killed animals). The 

applicant proposes to use stable isotope 

analysis of bone collagen to investigate 

the dietary ecology of grey wolves 

(Canis lupus) and killer whales over the 

past 100 years. By quantifying the 

contribution of seals to the diet of the 

predators, the research will study the 

energy flow between marine and 

terrestrial ecosystems and pressure on 

seal populations in Sweden. The permit 

would be valid for 3 years from the date 

of issuance. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: August 30, 2023. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19056 Filed 9–1–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD293] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public online meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Coastal Pelagic Species 

(CPS) Subcommittee of the Pacific 

Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific 

Council’s) Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will hold an online 

meeting to update the Accepted 

Practices Guidelines for CPS Stock 

Assessments document. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

DATES: The SSC CPS Subcommittee’s 

online meeting will be held Friday, 

September 22, 2023 beginning at 8 a.m. 

and continuing until 12 p.m. Pacific 

Daylight Time or until business for the 

day has been completed. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC CPS 

Subcommittee’s meeting will be an 

online meeting. Specific meeting 

information, including directions on 

how to join the meeting and system 

requirements, will be provided in the 

meeting announcement on the Pacific 

Council’s website (see 

www.pcouncil.org). You may send an 

email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 

(kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov) or contact 

him at (503) 820–2412 for technical 

assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jessi Doerpinghaus, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2415. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the SSC CPS Subcommittee’s 

meeting is to update best practices for 

conducting CPS stock assessments. 

Recommendations of SSC CPS 

Subcommittee members will inform the 

Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock 

Assessments in 2024, which is a 

compilation of guidelines for CPS stock 

assessment scientists. The full SSC and 

the Pacific Council will review the 

Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock 

Assessments as recommended by the 

SSC CPS Subcommittee at the 

November Pacific Council meeting. The 

updated version of the Accepted 

Practices Guidelines for Stock 

Assessments will be posted on the 

Pacific Council’s website shortly after 

the meeting. 

No management actions will be 

decided by the SSC CPS Subcommittee. 

The SSC CPS Subcommittee members’ 

role will be the development of 

recommendations for consideration by 

West Coast CPS stock assessment 

scientists. 

Although nonemergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agendas may 

be discussed, those issues may not be 

the subject of formal action during this 

meeting. 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 CPS Subcommittee 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: August 30, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19084 Filed 9–1–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD307] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of hybrid meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Groundfish Plan Teams will hold a 

meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for agenda. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 through 

Friday, September 22, 2023, from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., PDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be hybrid 

meetings. The in-person component of 

the meetings will be held at the Alaska 

Fishery Science Center in the Traynor 

Room (2076) and Room 2079, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA 

98115. If you plan to attend in-person 

you need to notify Sara Cleaver 

(sara.cleaver@noaa.gov) or Diana Stram 

(diana.stram@noaa.gov) at least two 

days prior to the meeting (or two weeks 

prior if you are a foreign national). You 

will also need a valid U.S. Identification 

Card. If you are attending virtually, join 

the meeting online through the link at 


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