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Headquarters Boating Education Center 

(Rear Building), 333 Ferry Road, Old 

Lyme, CT 06371. 

2. Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 

6 p.m.: North Carolina Division of 

Marine Fisheries Washington Regional 

Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, US 

Highway 17, Washington, NC 27889. 

3. Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 6 

p.m.: Delaware Dept. of Natural 

Resources & Environmental Control 

Auditorium, Richardson & Robbins 

Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 

19901. 

4. Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 6 

p.m.: Virginia Marine Resources 

Commission, 2600 Washington Avenue, 

4th Floor, Newport News, VA 23607. 

5. Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 

5:30 p.m.: Bourne Community Center, 

Room #2, 239 Main Street, Buzzards 

Bay, MA 02532. 

6. Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 

6 p.m.: University of Rhode Island Bay 

Campus, Corless Auditorium, South 

Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882. 

7. Monday, September 24, 2018 at 6 

p.m.: Ocean County Administrative 

Building, 101 Hooper Ave., Toms River, 

NJ 08753. 

8. Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 6 

p.m.: Ocean Pines Library, 11107 

Cathell Rd., Berlin, MD 21811. 

9. Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 

6:30 p.m.: New York State Department 

of Environmental Conservation, School 

of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences 

(SOMAS), Room 120 Endeavor; Stony 

Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 

11794. 

10. Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 

6:30 p.m.: Internet webinar. Connection 

information to be posted at 

www.mafmc.org prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to M. Jan Saunders 

at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office, (302) 

526–5251, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Dated: August 14, 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–XG422 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

and its advisory entities will hold 

public meetings. 

DATES: The Pacific Council and its 

advisory entities will meet September 

5–12, 2018. The Pacific Council meeting 

will begin on Friday, September 7, 2018 

at 10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), 

reconvening at 8 a.m. each day through 

Wednesday, September 12, 2018. All 

meetings are open to the public, except 

a closed session will be held from 8 a.m. 

to 10 a.m., Friday, September 7 to 

address litigation and personnel 

matters. The Pacific Council will meet 

as late as necessary each day to 

complete its scheduled business. 

ADDRESSES: Meetings of the Pacific 

Council and its advisory entities will be 

held at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel 

Seattle Airport, 18740 International 

Blvd., Seattle, WA; telephone: (206) 

246–8600. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. Instructions for attending the 

meeting via live stream broadcast are 

given under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chuck Tracy, Executive Director; 

telephone: (503) 820–2280 or (866) 806– 

7204 toll-free; or access the Pacific 

Council website, http://

www.pcouncil.org for the current 

meeting location, proposed agenda, and 

meeting briefing materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

September 7–12, 2018 meeting of the 

Pacific Council will be streamed live on 

the internet. The broadcasts begin 

initially at 10 a.m. PDT Friday, 

September 7, 2018 and continue at 8 

a.m. daily through Wednesday, 

September 12, 2018. Broadcasts end 

daily at 5 p.m. PDT or when business 

for the day is complete. Only the audio 

portion and presentations displayed on 

the screen at the Pacific Council 

meeting will be broadcast. The audio 

portion is listen-only; you will be 

unable to speak to the Pacific Council 

via the broadcast. To access the meeting 

online, please use the following link: 

http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/ 

webinar/join-webinar and enter the 

September Webinar ID, 530–089–227, 

and your email address. You can attend 

the webinar online using a computer, 

tablet, or smart phone, using the 

GoToMeeting application. It is 

recommended that you use a computer 

headset to listen to the meeting, but you 

may use your telephone for the audioonly portion of the meeting. The audio 

portion may be attended using a 

telephone by dialing the toll number 1– 

562–247–8321 (not a toll-free number), 

audio access code 240–052–611, and 

entering the audio pin shown after 

joining the webinar. 

The following items are on the Pacific 

Council agenda, but not necessarily in 

this order. Agenda items noted as ‘‘Final 

Action’’ refer to actions requiring the 

Council to transmit a proposed fishery 

management plan, proposed plan 

amendment, or proposed regulations to 

the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, under 

Sections 304 or 305 of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Additional detail on 

agenda items, Council action, advisory 

entity meeting times, and meeting 

rooms are described in Agenda Item 

A.5, Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, 

and will be in the advance September 

2018 briefing materials and posted on 

the Pacific Council website at 

www.pcouncil.org no later than 

Monday, August 20, 2018. 

A. Call to Order 

1. Opening Remarks 

2. Council Member Appointments 

3. Roll Call 

4. Executive Director’s Report 

5. Approve Agenda 

B. Open Comment Period 

1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items 

C. Coastal Pelagic Species 

1. Amendment 17: Live Bait Fishery 

Allowance 

D. Habitat 

1. Current Habitat Issues 

E. Salmon 

1. Salmon Methodology Review— 

Final Topic Selection 

2. Update on Salmon Rebuilding 

Plans 

F. Administrative 

1. Research and Data Needs 

Document—Final Adoption 

2. Legislative Matters 

3. Electronic Monitoring Program 

Review and Cost Allocation 

Procedural Directive 

4. Fiscal Matters 

5. Approval of Council Meeting 

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6. Membership Appointments and 

Council Operating Procedures 

7. Future Council Meeting Agenda 

and Workload Planning 

G. Ecosystem Management 

1. West Coast Ecosystem-Based 

Fishery Management Roadmap 

Implementation 

2. Fishery Ecosystem Plan Five-Year 

Review—Scoping 

3. Climate and Communities Initiative 

Update 

H. Highly Migratory Species 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Final Recommendations on NonDeep-Set Buoy Gear Exempted 

Fishing Permits (EFPs) 

3. Recommend International 

Management Activities 

4. Biennial Harvest Specifications and 

Management Measures 

5. Drift Gillnet Performance Metrics 

Methodology 

6. Swordfish Monitoring and 

Management Plan 

I. Groundfish Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Amendment 28—Essential Fish 

Habitat and Rockfish Conservation 

Area—Implementation Update 

3. Endangered Species Act 

Consultation on Eulachon 

4. Stock Assessment Terms of 

Reference—Final Action 

5. Methodology Review—Preliminary 

Topic Selection 

6. Science Improvement Report 

7. Five-Year Catch Share Follow On 

Action—Preliminary Action 

8. Continuing Midwater Trawl and 

Gear EFP and Salmon Bycatch 

Provisions in New EFPs 

9. Omnibus Workload Planning 

Process 

10. Inseason Adjustments—Final 

Action 

J. Pacific Halibut Management 

1. 2019 Catch Sharing Plan and 

Annual Regulations 

Advisory Body Agendas 

Advisory body agendas will include 

discussions of relevant issues that are 

on the Pacific Council agenda for this 

meeting, and may also include issues 

that may be relevant to future Council 

meetings. Proposed advisory body 

agendas for this meeting will be 

available on the Pacific Council website 

http://www.pcouncil.org/counciloperations/council-meetings/currentbriefing-book/ no later than Monday, 

August 20, 2018. 

Schedule of Ancillary Meetings 

Day 1—Wednesday, September 5, 2018 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

Ecosystem Subcommittee: 8 a.m. 

Day 2—Thursday, September 6, 2018 

Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory 

Subpanel: 8 a.m. 

Coastal Pelagic Species Management 

Team: 8 a.m. 

Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m. 

Ecosystem Workgroup: 8 a.m. 

Habitat Committee: 8 a.m. 

Scientific and Statistical Committee: 8 

a.m. 

Legislative Committee: 10 a.m. 

Budget Committee: 1 p.m. 

Day 3—Friday, September 7, 2018 

California State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m. 

Ecosystem Plan Development Team: 8 

a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel: 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team: 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants: 8 a.m. 

Scientific and Statistical Committee: 8 

a.m. 

Day 4—Saturday, September 8, 2018 

California State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel: 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team: 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants: Ad Hoc 

Day 5—Sunday, September 9, 2018 

California State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants: Ad Hoc 

Day 6—Monday, September 10, 2018 

California State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants: Ad Hoc 

Day 7—Tuesday, September 11, 2018 

California State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel: 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team: 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants: Ad Hoc 

Day 8—Wednesday, September 12, 2018 

California State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation: 7 a.m. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before the Pacific Council for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal Council action during 

this meeting. Council 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 Pacific Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2280, ext. 

411 at least ten business days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: August 14, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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RIN 0648–XG415–X 

Marine Mammals; File No. 22222 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Tamara McGuire, 310 W 123rd Ave., 

Anchorage, AK 99515, has applied in 

due form for a permit to conduct 

research on endangered Cook Inlet 

beluga whales. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

September 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on 

the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species (APPS) home page, 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then 

selecting File No. 22222 from the list of 

available applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 


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