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the application, consultations with the 

appropriate fishery management 

agencies of the affected states, Councils, 

and the U.S. Coast Guard, and a 

determination that the activities to be 

taken under the EFP are consistent with 

all applicable laws and regulations. 

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

Dated: June 26, 2018. 

Margo B. Schulze-Haugen, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG323 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings, 

request for comments 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold five public hearings to solicit 

Public comments on Draft Amendment 

22 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP), including a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS). To meet the purpose and need, 

this amendment proposes alternatives 

that would initiate a limited access 

program for the small-mesh 

multispecies fishery, adjust whiting and 

red hake possession limits, and modify 

permit types and characteristics making 

them consistent with limited access. 

DATES: These meetings will be held 

between July 19–26, 2018. For specific 

dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. Written or Electronic 

Public comments must be received on or 

before 5 p.m. EST, August 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing documents are 

accessible electronically via the internet 

https://www.nefmc.org/library/ 

amendment-22 or by request to Thomas 

A. Nies, Executive Director. New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950, telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

Meeting address: The meetings will be 

held in Gloucester, MA; Tinton Falls, 

NJ; Montauk, NY; Warwick, RI and New 

Bedford, MA. For specific locations, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Public Comments: Written public 

hearing comments on the DEIS for 

Amendment 22 may be sent by any of 

the following methods: Mail to Thomas 

A. Nies, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950; email to the following 

address: comments@nefmc.org with 

‘‘DEIS for Amendment 22 to the 

Northeast Multispecies FMP ’’ in the 

subject line. Or fax to (978) 465–3116. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Hearing, Dates and Locations: 

The agenda for the following five 

hearings is as follows: Council staff will 

brief the public on the amendment’s 

alternatives and the contents of the DEIS 

prior to opening the hearing for public 

comments and the schedule is as 

follows: 

Public Hearings: Locations, Schedules, 

and Agendas 

1. Thursday, July 19, 2018, 4–6 p.m., 

MA DMF of Marine Fisheries, 

Annisquam River Marine Fisheries 

Station, 30 Emerson Ave, Gloucester, 

MA 01930; 

2. Monday, July 23, 2018, 7–9 p.m., 

DoubleTree by Hilton, 700 Hope Drive, 

Tinton Falls, NJ 07244; 

3. Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 5–7 p.m., 

Montauk Playhouse Community Center 

Foundation Inc., 240 Edgemere Street, 

Montauk, NY 11954; 

4. Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 7–9 p.m., 

Hampton Inn & Suites, 2100 Post Road, 

Warwick, RI 02886; 

5. Thursday, July 26, 2018, 7–9 p.m., 

Fairfield Inn & Suites, 185 MacArthur 

Drive, New Bedford, MA 02740. 

Additional information on the review 

is available on the Council website, 

www.nefmc.org. The public also should 

be aware that the hearings will be 

recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 

1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

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. 

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

Dated: 

June 27, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG314 

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 Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Coastal Pelagic Species Management 

Team (CPSMT) will hold a meeting via 

webinar that is open to the public. 

DATES: The webinar will be held 

Monday July 23, 2018, from 2 p.m. to 4 

p.m., or until business has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. A public listening station 

is available at the Pacific Council office 

(address below). To attend the webinar, 

use this link: https://

www.gotomeeting.com/webinar (click 

‘‘Join a Webinar’’ in top right corner of 

page); (1) Enter the Webinar ID: 683– 

377–106; (2) Enter your name and email 

address (required). You must use your 

telephone for the audio portion of the 

meeting by dialing this TOLL number: 

1–631–992–3221; (3) Enter the Attendee 

phone audio access code 217–555–003; 

(4) 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 https://

www.gotomeeting.com/webinar/ipadiphone-android-webinar-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. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 


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Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2409. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is for the CPSMT 

to develop a range of alternatives for an 

amendment to the CPS Fishery 

Management Plan that would address 

changes in the catch allowances for the 

CPS live bait fishery when a CPS stock 

is in an overfished condition. The 

Council established a process that 

includes adopting a range of alternatives 

at the September 2018 meeting and final 

action at the November 2018 meeting. 

As time allows, the CPSMT may discuss 

other topics on the agenda for the 

Council’s September meeting. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda 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 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document 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 to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The public listening station is 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt at kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; telephone: (503) 820–2411 at 

least 10 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: June 27, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG322 

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 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, 

and Butterfish Advisory Panel and River 

Herring and Shad Advisory Panel of the 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (Council) will hold a joint 

meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, July 17, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 12:30 p.m. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar with a telephone-only audio 

connection to participate: http://

mafmc.adobeconnect.com/msb-rh-s/. 

Telephone instructions are provided 

upon connecting, or the public can call 

direct: (800) 832–0736, Rm: *7833942#. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their 

website at 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: The 

purpose of the meeting is to provide 

input on the pending framework action 

that addresses mackerel rebuilding, 

mackerel specifications, and the river 

herring and shad cap for the mackerel 

fishery. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is 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 any meeting date. 

Dated: June 27, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG315 

Fisheries of the Caribbean; Southeast 

Data, Assessment, and Review 

(SEDAR); Post-Data Workshop 

Webinar for Caribbean Spiny Lobster 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 57 Post-Data 

Workshop Webinar for Caribbean spiny 

lobster. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 57 stock 

assessment process for Caribbean spiny 

lobster will consist of a Data Workshop, 

a series of data and assessment 

webinars, and a Review Workshop. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 57 Post-Data 

Workshop Webinar will be held July 24, 

2018, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. The webinar is open to 

members of the public. Those interested 

in participating should contact Julie A. 

Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) to request an 

invitation providing webinar access 

information. Please request webinar 

invitations at least 24 hours in advance 

of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– 

4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) a series of assessment 

webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop. 

The product of the Data Workshop is a 

report that compiles and evaluates 

potential datasets and recommends 

which datasets are appropriate for 

assessment analyses. The assessment 

webinars produce a report that describes 

the fisheries, evaluates the status of the 

stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. The product of the 

Review Workshop is an Assessment 

Summary documenting panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

HMS Management Division, and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 


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