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requested. Failure to comply with the 

regulations and the terms of an APO is 

a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5) and 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(1). 

Dated: November 9, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

V. Final Successor-In-Interest Determination 

VI. Discussion of the Issue 

Comment: Whether Stalkanat’s U.S. Sales 

Were Bona Fide 

VII. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD531] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of hybrid conference. 

Meetings of the North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council and its advisory 

committees. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and its 

advisory committees will meet in 

Anchorage, AK. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

December 4, 2023 through December 12, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a 

hybrid conference. The in-person 

component of the meeting will be held 

at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W 3rd Ave., 

Anchorage, AK 99501, or join the 

meeting online through the links at 

https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-nextcouncil-meeting/. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

Instructions for attending the meeting 

via web conference are given under 

Connection Information, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Evans, Council staff; email: 

diana.evans@noaa.gov; telephone: (907) 

271–2809. For technical support, please 

contact our Council administrative staff, 

email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council’s Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. in 

the Aleutian room on Monday, 

December 4, 2023, and continue through 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The 

Council’s Advisory Panel (AP) will 

begin at 8 a.m. in the Dilingham/Katmai 

room on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 

and continue through Friday, December 

8, 2023. The Council will begin at 8 a.m. 

in the Aleutian room on Thursday, 

December 7, 2023, and continue through 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023. The 

Finance Committee is a closed session 

and will meet Wednesday, December 6, 

2023, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; the 

Council Executive Session is a closed 

session and will meet on Wednesday, 

December 6, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; 

both will meet at the North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council’s offices; 

1007 W 3rd Ave, Suite 400, Anchorage, 

AK 99501–2252. The Charter Halibut 

Management Committee will meet 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023, from 8 

a.m. to 12 p.m. at the North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council’s 

Conference Room; 1007 W 3rd Ave., 

Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501–2252. 

All times listed are Alaska Time. 

Agenda 

Monday, December 4, 2023, Through 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 

The SSC agenda will include the 

following issues: 

(1) Administrative Issues including 

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 

funding workplan 

(2) Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) 

Groundfish specifications—review 

Bering Sea (BS) and Aleutian 

Islands (AI) Ecosystem Status 

Reports (ESR); Stock Assessment 

and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) 

report; adopt Acceptable Biological 

Catch (ABC) and Over Fishing 

Limits (OFLs); Joint Groundfish 

Plan Team report; BSAI Groundfish 

Plan Team Report 

(3) Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish 

specifications;—GOA ESR Report; 

SAFE report; adopt ABC/OFLs; 

GOA Plan Team report 

(4) BS Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) 

Climate Change Taskforce (CCTF)— 

review workplan and report 

The agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3020 prior to the meeting, along 

with meeting materials. 

In addition to providing ongoing 

scientific advice for fishery management 

decisions, the SSC functions as the 

Council’s primary peer review panel for 

scientific information, as described by 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act section 

302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 

2 guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peerreview process is also deemed to satisfy 

the requirements of the Information 

Quality Act, including the OMB Peer 

Review Bulletin guidelines. 

Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Through 

Friday, December 8, 2023 

The Advisory Panel agenda will 

include the following issues: 

(1) Administrative Issues 

(2) Crab C Share recent participation 

requirement—Final Action 

(3) Crab Facility Use Caps—Final Action 

(4) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) 

amendments—Initial/final action 

(5) Crab FMP housekeeping 

amendment—Initial/final action 

(6) GOA Tanner Crab protections— 

review discussion paper 

(7) BS FEP CCTF Taskforce—review 

workplan and report 

(8) BSAI Groundfish specifications— 

review BS and AI Ecosystem Status 

Reports; SAFE report; adopt ABC/ 

OFLs; Joint Groundfish Plan Teams 

report; BSAI Groundfish Plan Team 

Report 

(9) GOA Groundfish specifications;— 

GOA ESR Report; SAFE report; 

adopt ABC/OFLs; GOA Plan Team 

report 

(10) 2024 Charter Halibut Management 

Measures—Final action; committee 

report 

(11) Staff Tasking 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 

The Charter Halibut Committee 

agenda will include: (a) 2024 

management measures; (b) scheduling 

for a future tasking meeting; and (c) 

other business. 

The agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3022 prior to the meeting, along 

with meeting materials. 

Thursday, December 7, 2023, Through 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 

The Council agenda will include the 

following issues. The Council may take 

appropriate action on any of the issues 

identified. 


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(1) B Reports (Executive Director 

including CCC update, IRA funding 

workplan, GOA Pacific cod 

allocation review, industry reports 

on 2023 crab avoidance; NMFS 

Management including Cook Inlet 

Salmon Secretarial FMP 

amendment, Final Observer 

Deployment Plan, year-end inseason management report, 

Aquaculture Opportunity Areas 

Request for Information; NOAA 

General Counsel (GC), NOAA 

Enforcement; Alaska Department of 

Fish and Game (ADF&G); United 

States Coast Guard (USCG); United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS); Advisory Panel and SSC 

report) 

(2) Crab C Share recent participation 

requirement—Final Action 

(3) Crab Facility Use Caps—Final Action 

(4) BSAI Groundfish specifications— 

review BS and AI Ecosystem Status 

Reports; SAFE report; adopt ABC/ 

OFLs; Joint Groundfish Plan Teams 

report; BSAI Groundfish Plan Team 

Report Chum Salmon bycatch— 

preliminary review 

(5) GOA Groundfish specifications;— 

GOA ESR Report; SAFE report; 

adopt ABC/OFLs; GOA Plan Team 

report 

(6) EFH FMP amendments—Initial/final 

action 

(7) Crab FMP housekeeping 

amendment—Initial/final action 

(8) 2024 Charter Halibut Management 

Measures—Final action; committee 

report 

(9) GOA Tanner Crab protections— 

review discussion paper 

(10) BS FEP CCTF Taskforce—review 

workplan and report 

(11) Staff Tasking 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smart 

phone; or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings. For technical support, 

please contact our administrative staff, 

email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

If you are attending the meeting inperson, please refer to the COVID 

avoidance protocols on our website, 

https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-nextcouncil-meeting/. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically through the links at 

https://www.npfmc.org/current-or-nextcouncil-meeting/. The Council strongly 

encourages written public comment for 

this meeting, to avoid any potential for 

technical difficulties to compromise oral 

testimony. The written comment period 

is open from November 10, 2023, to 

December 1, 2023, and closes at 12 p.m. 

Alaska Time on Friday, December 1, 

2023. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before this 

group for discussion, those issues may 

not be the subject of formal action 

during this meeting. Actions 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 Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

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

Dated: November 13, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD529] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council, NEFMC) 

will hold a three-day hybrid meeting 

with both in-person and remote 

participation to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 

December 5, 6, and 7, 2023, beginning 

at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday and 9:00 a.m. 

on Wednesday and Thursday. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hotel Viking, One Bellevue Avenue, 

Newport, RI 02840; telephone (401) 

847–3300; online at 

www.hotelviking.com. Join the webinar 

at https://register.gotowebinar.com/ 

register/8673787082024040282. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; 

telephone (978) 465–0492; 

www.nefmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492, ext. 113. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 

After brief announcements, the 

Council will receive reports on recent 

activities from its Chair and Executive 

Director, the GARFO Regional 

Administrator, the NOAA Office of 

General Counsel, the Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) 

Director, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council liaison, and 

representatives from the Atlantic States 

Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), 

the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA’s Office of 

Law Enforcement, the Northeast Trawl 

Advisory Panel, and the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. The Council then will 

receive a progress report from its Risk 

Policy Working Group, which is 

continuing to work on revisions to the 

Council’s Risk Policy Statement. Next, 

members of the public will have the 

opportunity to speak during an open 

comment period on issues that relate to 

Council business but are not included 

on the published agenda for this 

meeting. The Council asks the public to 

limit remarks to 3–5 minutes. These 

comments will be received both in 

person and through the webinar. A 

guide for how to publicly comment 

through the webinar is available on the 

Council website at https://

s3.amazonaws.com/nefmc.org/NEFMCmeeting-remote-participation_

generic.pdf. 

After the lunch break, the Council 

will receive a report from the East Coast 

Climate Coordination Group about its 

first meeting on work following up on 

implementing recommendations from 

the East Coast Climate Change Scenario 

Planning Initiative. The Council will 

engage in a discussion about next steps. 

The Responsible Offshore Science 

Alliance (ROSA) will report on the 

alliance’s mission, activities, and steps 

to support the Council’s offshore wind 

efforts and streamline communications. 

The Habitat Committee report will 

follow. The Council will review its 

comments on the draft Wind Energy 

Areas for the Gulf of Maine (GOM) and 

discuss other GOM leasing/planning 

issues. It also will receive a presentation 

on other offshore wind and habitatrelated updates. To close out the day, 

the Council will receive a NOAA 

General Counsel briefing on disclosure 

of financial interests and voting recusal 

regulations for regional fishery 

management council members. 


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