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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. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the 

meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB133 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of its Joint Marianas and 

American Samoa Archipelago Plan 

Team (Joint PT) and Hawaii and Pacific 

Remote Island Area Archipelago Plan 

Team (HI–PRIA PT) to review the status 

of the nearshore fisheries, data 

collection issues and improvements, 

improvements in the Annual Catch 

Limit specifications, and developing 

Cooperative Research Priorities. 

DATES: The Joint PT meeting will be 

held on April 16–18, 2012 and the HI– 

PRIA PT on April 19–20, 2012. For 

specific times and agendas, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The Joint PT and HI–PRIA 

PT meetings will be held at the Council 

office, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400, 

Honolulu, HI 96813; telephone: (808) 

522–8220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 

telephone: (808) 522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

comment periods will be provided. The 

order in which agenda items are 

addressed may change. The meetings 

will run as late as necessary to complete 

scheduled business. 

Schedule and Agenda for the Joint PT 

Meeting 

April 16, 2012—1 p.m.–5 p.m. 

1. Welcome and Introductions. 

2. Approval of the Agenda. 

3. Assignment of Rapporteurs. 

4. Guiding Principles for 

Development of Effective Fishery 

Monitoring Programs. 

5. Evaluation of data collection 

programs in the Western Pacific. 

6. Improving fishery data collections 

and status reporting. 

A. Summary of the Fishery Data 

Collection Improvement Workshop. 

B. Update on Status of Fishery Data 

Collection Improvement Actions. 

C. Data collection in military 

installations in Guam. 

D. Discussion on the fishery 

characterization based on creel survey 

performance. 

April 17, 2012—8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

7. Review of the Status of the Western 

Pacific Insular Fisheries. 

A. American Samoa 

i. Coral reef and crustacean fisheries. 

ii. Bottomfish fisheries. 

iii. Precious corals fishery and coral 

reef habitat status. 

iv. Update on Bio-Sampling Program 

data summary. 

v. Non-stock related factors affecting 

Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) in the coral 

reef fisheries. 

vi. Estimation of non-commercial 

landings. 

vii. Administrative and regulatory 

updates. 

viii. Discussions. 

B. Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 

Islands 

i. Coral reef fisheries. 

ii. Bottomfish fisheries. 

iii. Crustacean and precious coral 

fisheries. 

iv. Coral reef habitat status. 

v. Update on Bio-Sampling Program 

and Spearfishing Market-flow project. 

vi. Estimation of non-commercial 

landings. 

vii. Administrative and regulatory 

updates. 

viii. Discussions. 

C. Guam 

i. Coral reef fisheries. 

ii. Bottomfish fisheries. 

iii. Crustacean fisheries. 

iv. Precious corals fishery and coral 

reef habitat status. 

v. Update on Bio-Sampling Program 

Data Summary. 

vi. Estimation of non-commercial 

landings. 

vii. Administrative and regulatory 

updates. 

viii. Discussions. 

8. Format and information needs for 

the Annual Report Modules. 

9. Improving Annual Catch Limit 

(ACL) specifications. 

A. Surplus production model using 

biomass, catch, and natural mortality 

estimates. 

B. Use of other data sources (e.g. 

commercial receipt book, BioSampling). 

C. Discussions. 

April 18, 2012—8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

10. Essential Fish Habitat/Habitat 

Area of Particular Concern (EFH/HAPC). 

A. Territory bottomfish, pelagic, and 

precious corals. 

B. Coral reef ecosystem management 

unit species. 

C. Coral reef EFH Project. 

11. Status of the territorial bottomfish 

assessment. 

12. The Council Five-Year Research 

Priorities. 

13. Development and Review of 

Cooperative Research Priorities and 

Projects. 

14. Other Business. 

15. Public Comments. 

16. Rapporteur reports. 

17. General discussions and Plan 

Team recommendations. 

Schedule and Agenda for the Hawaii 

and Pacific Remote Island Area Plan 

Team meeting 

April 19, 2012—8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

1. Welcome and Introductions. 

2. Approval of the Agenda. 

3. Assignment of Rapporteurs. 

4. Guiding Principles for 

Development of Effective Fishery 

Monitoring Programs. 

5. Status of Fishery Monitoring 

Programs and Research Projects. 

A. Coral reef fisheries. 

B. Crustacean fisheries. 

C. Precious coral fisheries and gold 

coral moratorium. 

i. Status of the black coral surveys. 

D. Bottomfish fisheries. 

i. Main Hawaiian Island Annual Catch 

Target Monitoring. 

ii. Performance of trip level reporting. 

iii. Status of Cooperative Research 

Projects. 

iv. Evaluation of effectiveness of 

Bottomfish Restricted Areas. 

E. Hawaii non-commercial landing 

estimation. 

F. Administrative and regulatory 

updates. 

G. Report on reef fish tagging in 

Palmyra Atoll. 

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H. Discussions. 

6. Improving ACL specifications and 

stock assessments. 

A. Overview of the ACL process and 

FY2012 specification. 

B. Report on the Council—NMFS ACL 

Revisited Workshop. 

C. Surplus production model using 

biomass, catch, and natural mortality 

estimates. 

D. Length-based estimation of fishing 

and natural mortality in Hawaii coral 

reef fishes. 

E. Kona crab stock assessment. 

F. Update on the kumu stock 

assessment. 

G. Use of fish trap CPUE as proxy for 

estimating stock abundance. 

H. Discussions. 

April 20, 2012—8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

7. Data collection and reporting 

issues. 

A. Report on the Non-Commercial 

Data Workshop. 

B. Report on the Pacific Island 

Regional Office data contracts. 

C. Report on the Division of Boating 

and Ocean Recreation boat registry 

survey. 

D. Discussion on potential 

improvements in the Hawaii data 

collection. 

E. Annual Archipelagic Fishery 

Ecosystem Reports. 

F. Discussions. 

8. Essential Fish Habitat/Habitat Area 

of Particular Concern. 

A. Hawaii coral reef EFH project. 

B. Hawaii EFH and HAPC for coral 

reef, pelagic and precious corals. 

C. Discussions. 

9. Protected species issues. 

A. List of fisheries 2012: Marine 

Mammal Protection Act issues. 

10. Developing Cooperative Research 

priorities. 

11. Discussions. 

12. Other Business. 

13. Public Comment. 

14. HI–PRIA PT recommendations. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, 

(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– 

8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB129 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Monday, April 16, 2012 at 8 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hotel Providence, 137 Mathewson 

Street, Providence, RI 02903; telephone: 

(401) 861–8000; fax: (401) 861–8002. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NEFMC’s Scientific and Statistical 

Committee will: 

a. Complete development of fishing 

year 2013 and 2014 ABC 

recommendations for redfish, Georges 

Bank haddock, Gulf of Maine/Georges 

Bank windowpane flounder, Southern 

New England/Mid-Atlantic 

windowpane flounder, ocean pout, 

wolffish and halibut, for 

recommendations not completed from 

the March 28, 2012 SSC meeting. 

b. Review assessments and develop 

fishing year 2013 and 2014 ABC 

recommendations for Georges Bank cod, 

Gulf of Maine haddock, Cape Cod/Gulf 

of Maine yellowtail flounder, American 

plaice, witch flounder and Georges 

Bank/Gulf of Maine white hake. 

c. Other business may be discussed. 

The public is invited to participate in 

the SSC meeting via webinar. For online 

access to the meeting, please reserve 

your webinar seat now at https:// 

www3.gotomeeting.com/register/ 

309803270. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, th ose 

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 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XZ14 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Navy Training 

Conducted at the Silver Strand 

Training Complex, San Diego Bay 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; additional information 

for the proposed incidental harassment 

authorization; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received an 

application from the U.S. Navy (Navy) 

for an Incidental Harassment 

Authorization (IHA) to take marine 

mammals, by harassment, incidental to 

conducting training exercises at the 

Silver Strand Training Complex (SSTC) 

in the vicinity of San Diego Bay, 

California. Subsequently, additional 

information on marine mammals and 

proposed improvement on marine 

mammal monitoring and mitigation 

measures was received from the Navy. 

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is 

requesting comments on its proposal to 

issue an IHA to the Navy to incidentally 

harass, by Level B Harassment only, 

eight species of marine mammals during 

the specified activity. 

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