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five approved in fishing year 2014. The 

Regional Administrator has approved 

the following service providers as 

eligible to provide at-sea monitoring 

services in fishing year 2015 because 

they have met the application 

requirements and applicable 

performance standards: 

TABLE 1—APPROVED FISHING YEAR 2015 PROVIDERS

Provider name Address Phone Fax Website 

ACD USA Ltd. ............ 4 Parker St., 2nd Floor, Gloucester, MA 

01930.

902–422–4745 902–422–9780 .. www.atlanticcatchdata.ca. 

A.I.S., Inc. ................... 89 N. Water St., P.O. Box 2093, New Bedford, MA 02741.508–990–9054 508–990–9055 aisobservers.com. 

East West Technical 

Services, LLC.

86 Mumford Rd., Narragansett, RI 02882 ..... 860–910–4957 .. 860–223–6005 www.ewts.com. 

Fathom Research, 

LLC.

1213 Purchase St., New Bedford, MA 02740 508–990–0997 508–991–7372 www.fathomresearchllc.com. 

MRAG Americas, Inc. 65 Eastern Ave., Unit B2C, Essex, MA 

01929.

978–768–3880 .. 978–768–3878 www.mragamericas.com. 

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

Dated: February 12, 2015. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD774 

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 Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

and its advisory entities will hold 

public meetings. 

DATES: The Pacific Council and its 

advisory entities will meet March 6–12, 

2015. The Pacific Council meeting will 

begin on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 8 

a.m., reconvening each day through 

Thursday, March 12, 2015. All meetings 

are open to the public, except a closed 

session will be held at 8 a.m. on 

Sunday, March 8 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 Council and 

its advisory entities will be held at the 

Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. 

6th Street, Vancouver, WA 98660; 

telephone: (360) 993–4500. 

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: Dr. 

Donald O. McIsaac, Executive Director; 

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

7204 toll free; or access the Pacific 

Council Web site, http://

www.pcouncil.org for the current 

meeting location, proposed agenda, and 

meeting briefing materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

March 8–12, 2015 meeting of the Pacific 

Fishery Management Council will be 

streamed live on the internet. The live 

meeting will be broadcast daily starting 

at 9 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) beginning on 

Sunday, March 8, 2015 through 

Thursday, March 12, 2015. The 

broadcast will end daily at 6 p.m. PT or 

when business for the day is complete. 

Only the audio portion, and portions of 

the presentations displayed on the 

screen at the Council meeting, will be 

broadcast. The audio portion is listenonly; you will be unable to speak to the 

Council via the broadcast. Join the 

meeting by visiting this link http://

www.joinwebinar.com, enter the 

Webinar ID for this meeting, which is 

138–252–315 and enter your email 

address as required. It is recommended 

that you use a computer headset as 

GoToMeeting allows you to listen to the 

meeting using your computer headset 

and speakers. If you do not have a 

headset and speakers, you may use your 

telephone for the audio portion of the 

meeting by dialing this TOLL number 

1–480–297–0021 (not a toll free 

number); entering the phone audio 

access code 326–426–740; and then 

entering your Audio Pin which will be 

shown to you after joining the webinar. 

The webinar is broadcast in listen only 

mode. 

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 Secretary of 

Commerce, under Sections 304 or 305 of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. 

Additional detail on agenda items, 

Council action, and meeting rooms, is 

described in Agenda Item A.4, Proposed 

Council Meeting Agenda, and will be in 

the advance March 2015 briefing 

materials and posted on the Council 

Web site www.pcouncil.org. 

A. Call to Order 

1. Opening Remarks 

2. Roll Call 

3. Executive Director’s Report 

4. Approve Agenda 

B. Open Comment Period 

1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items 

C. Enforcement Issues 

1. Annual U.S. Coast Guard Fishery 

Enforcement Report 

D. Habitat 

1. Current Habitat Issues 

E. Ecosystem Management 

1. California Current Ecosystem Report 

Including Integrated Ecosystem 

Assessment 

2. Review of Fishery Ecosystem Plan 

Initiatives 

3. NMFS Climate Science Strategy 

Update 

4. Unmanaged Forage Fish Protection 

Final Action (Final Action) 

F. Salmon Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Review of 2014 Fisheries and 

Summary of 2015 Stock Abundance 

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3. Identification of Management 

Objectives and Preliminary Definition 

of 2015 Salmon Management 

Alternatives (Final Action) 

4. Council Recommendations for 2015 

Management Alternative Analysis 

5. Further Council Direction for 2015 

Management Alternatives 

6. Adoption of 2015 Management 

Alternatives for Public Review 

7. Salmon Hearings Officers 

G. Pacific Halibut Management 

1. Report on the International Pacific 

Halibut Commission (IPHC) Meeting 

2. Incidental Catch Recommendations 

for the Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear 

Sablefish Fisheries (Final Action for 

Sablefish) 

H. Highly Migratory Species 

Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Recommendations for International 

Management Activities Including USCanada Albacore Treaty Area Fishery 

Update 

3. Final Exempted Fishing Permit 

Approval (Final Action) 

4. Drift Gillnet Management and 

Monitoring Plan Including Final 

Action on Hard Caps (Final Action) 

I. Administrative Matters 

1. Legislative Matters 

2. National Marine Fisheries Service 

West Coast Region Strategic Plan 

Update 

3. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes 

4. Membership Appointments and 

Council Operating Procedures 

5. Future Council Meeting Agenda and 

Workload Planning 

Schedule of Ancillary Meetings 

Day 1—Friday, March 6, 2015 

Habitat Committee 8:30 a.m. 

Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee 

of the Scientific and Statistical 

Committee 10 a.m. 

Day 2—Saturday, March 7, 2015 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 

a.m. 

Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Legislative Committee 1 p.m. 

Day 3—Sunday, March 8, 2015 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team 8 a.m. 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 

a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants 3 p.m. 

Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc 

Tribal and Washington Technical Group

Ad hoc 

Day 4—Monday, March 9, 2015 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team 8 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc 

Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc 

Tribal and Washington Technical Group

Ad hoc 

Day 5—Tuesday, March 10, 2015 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team 8 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc 

Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc 

Tribal and Washington Technical Group

Ad hoc 

Day 6—Wednesday, March 11, 2015 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team 8 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc 

Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc 

Tribal and Washington Technical Group

Ad hoc 

Day 7—Thursday, March 12, 2015 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc 

Tribal Policy Group Ad hoc 

Tribal and Washington Technical Group

Ad hoc 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

Council action during these meetings. 

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 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 Carolyn Porter at 

(503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Nominations to the Marine Mammal 

Scientific Review Groups 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the 

Secretary of Commerce established three 

independent regional Scientific Review 

Groups (SRGs) to provide advice on a 

range of marine mammal science and 

management issues. NMFS has 

conducted a membership review of the 

Alaska, Atlantic, and Pacific SRGs and 

is soliciting nominations for new 

Members to fill vacancies on the 

Atlantic and Pacific SRGs. Nominees 

should possess demonstrable expertise 

in the areas specified below, be able to 

conduct thorough scientific reviews of 

marine mammal science, and be able to 

fulfill the necessary time commitments 

associated with a thorough review of 

documents and attendance at one 

annual meeting. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

by March 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to: Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea 

Turtle Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910– 

3226, Attn: SRGs. 


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