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the maximum extent practicable, a 

balanced representation of viewpoints 

among the individuals on each SRG. 

Expertise Solicited 

For the Atlantic SRG (including 

waters off the Atlantic coast, Gulf of 

Mexico, and U.S. Territories in the 

Caribbean), NMFS seeks individuals 

with expertise in one or more of the 

following priority areas (not in order of 

priority): Acoustics methodology and 

anthropogenic effects of sound on 

cetaceans; line-transect methodology, 

mark-recapture methods and survey 

design, and quantitative ecology; Gulf of 

Mexico/southeast U.S. bottlenose 

dolphin population dynamics; and 

manatees. Additional areas of expertise 

areas include marine mammal bycatch 

reduction, Caribbean marine mammal 

species, and genetics. 

For the Pacific SRG (including waters 

off the Pacific coast, Hawaiian Islands 

and the U.S. Territories in the Central 

and Western Pacific), NMFS seeks 

individuals with expertise in one or 

more of the following areas (not in order 

of priority): Marine mammal stock 

definition and assessment under the 

MMPA and ESA; abundance estimation, 

especially distance sampling and markrecapture methods and survey design; 

West Coast and Alaska fishing gear/ 

techniques; West Coast pinnipeds, 

including assessment, life history, 

ecology, and human-pinniped 

interactions; large whales, particularly 

with regard to entanglement issues; 

ocean health and veterinary expertise, 

especially relative to disease and habitat 

change; fisheries oceanography and 

ecology, particularly decadal and longterm understanding; quantitative 

ecology, population dynamics, 

modeling, and statistics, especially as 

related to abundance and bycatch 

estimation, Bayesian methods, 

applications of new technologies, and 

methods for data-limited circumstances; 

State, Tribal, or regional/local fishery 

and/or marine mammal entanglement 

issues in the Pacific Islands and West 

Coast states; sea otters; sciencemanagement interface, such as 

management approaches with imperfect 

data; and interdisciplinary skills 

combining different fields of research. 

For the Alaska SRG, NMFS seeks 

individuals with expertise in one or 

more of the following areas, in order of 

priority: The Alaska commercial fishing 

industry and commercial fishery 

methods/gear, particularly fisheries 

with marine mammal bycatch 

interactions; population dynamics, 

modeling, and statistics; and abundance 

estimation, especially distance sampling 

and mark-recapture methods and survey 

design; and knowledge of the MMPA 

and processing of marine mammal stock 

assessments. 

Submitting a Nomination 

Nominations for new members should 

be sent to Dr. Shannon Bettridge in the 

NMFS Office of Protected Resources 

(see ADDRESSES) and must be received 

by August 15, 2018. Nominations 

should be accompanied by the 

individual’s curriculum vitae and 

detailed information regarding how the 

recommended person meets the 

minimum selection criteria for SRG 

members (see below). Nominations 

should also include the nominee’s 

name, address, telephone number, and 

email address. Self-nominations are 

acceptable. 

Selection Criteria 

Although the MMPA does not 

explicitly prohibit Federal employees 

from serving as SRG members, NMFS 

interprets MMPA section 117(d)’s 

reference to the SRGs as ‘‘independent’’ 

bodies that are exempt from Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requirements 

to mean that SRGs are intended to 

augment existing Federal expertise and 

are not composed of Federal employees 

or contractors. Therefore, NMFS will 

not consider any nominee who is 

currently a Federal employee or a fulltime contractor supporting a Federal 

agency. 

When reviewing nominations, NMFS, 

in consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, will consider the 

following six criteria: 

(1) Ability to make time available for 

the purposes of the SRG; 

(2) Knowledge of the species (or 

closely related species) of marine 

mammals in the SRG’s region; 

(3) Scientific or technical 

achievement in a relevant discipline, 

particularly the areas of expertise 

identified above, to be considered an 

expert peer reviewer for the topic; 

(4) Demonstrated experience working 

effectively on teams; 

(5) Expertise relevant to current and 

expected needs of the SRG, in 

particular, expertise required to provide 

adequate review and knowledgeable 

feedback on current or developing stock 

assessment issues, techniques, etc. In 

practice, this means that each member 

should have expertise in more than one 

topic as the species and scientific issues 

discussed in SRG meetings are diverse; 

and 

(6) No conflict of interest with respect 

to their duties as a member of the SRG. 

Next Steps 

Following review, nominees who are 

identified by NMFS as potential new 

members must be vetted and cleared in 

accordance with Department of 

Commerce policy. NMFS will contact 

these individuals and ask them to 

provide written confirmation that they 

are not registered Federal lobbyists or 

registered foreign agents, and to 

complete a confidential financial 

disclosure form, which will be reviewed 

by the Ethics Law and Programs 

Division within the U.S. Department of 

Commerce’s Office of General Counsel. 

All nominees will be notified of a 

selection decision in advance of the 

2019 SRG meetings. 

Dated: July 10, 2018. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Agenda: 10:00 a.m.—Welcome and 

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National Security Education Program 

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National Language Service Corps. 12:30 

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