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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and its 

advisory committees will meet February 

5, 2018 through February 12, 2018, in 

Seattle, WA. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Monday, February 5, 2018 through 

Monday, February 12, 2018. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Renaissance Hotel, 515 

Madison St., Seattle, WA 98104. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Witherell, Council staff; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council, SSC, and AP will meet all day 

on Wednesday, February 7, 2018 for the 

Ecosystem Research Workshop in the 

Ballroom. The Council will begin its 

plenary session at 8 a.m. in the South 

Room on Thursday, February 8, 

continuing through Monday, February 

12, 2018. The Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. in 

the East Room on Monday, February 5, 

and continue through Tuesday, 

February 6, 2018. The Council’s 

Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m. 

in the North/West Room on Tuesday, 

February 6, and continue through 

Friday, February 9, 2018. The IFQ 

Committee will meet on Monday, 

February 5, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

in the Marion Room. The Legislative 

Committee will meet on Monday, 

February 5, 2018, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

(Room TBD). The Ecosystem Committee 

will meet on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Marion 

Room. 

Agenda 

Monday, February 5, 2018 Through 

Monday, February 12, 2018 

Council Plenary Session: The agenda 

for the Council’s plenary session will 

include the following issues. The 

Council may take appropriate action on 

any of the issues identified. 

(1) Executive Director’s Report 

(2) NMFS Management Report 

(3) ADF&G Report 

(4) USCG Report 

(5) USFWS Report 

(6) IPHC Report 

(7) Protected Species Report 

(8) BSAI Crab: Norton Sound RKC ACL, 

Crab Plan Team Report 

(9) Small Sideboards 

(10) GOA Catcher Vessel Chinook PSC 

limit adjustments 

(11) IFQ medical lease provision 

(12) IFQ beneficiary designation 

provision 

(13) IFQ Committee—Report on 

proposals 

(14) Arctic Exploratory Fishing 

(15) Observer and EM Projects 

(16) Programmatic Groundfish 

Objectives 

(17) Economic SAFE Report 

(18) Staff Tasking 

The Advisory Panel will address most 

of the same agenda issues as the Council 

except B reports. 

The SSC agenda will include the 

following issues: 

(1) AFSC Report 

(2) GOA Climate Report 

(3) Marine Mammal Status 

(4) Draft Agenda for Plan Team 

Workshop 

(5) BSAI Crab 

(6) Arctic Exploratory Fishing 

(7) GOA Chinook PSC 

(8) Economic SAFE 

(9) Pollock Ageing Method 

In addition to providing ongoing 

scientific advice for fishery management 

decisions, the SSC functions as the 

Councils primary peer review panel for 

scientific information as described by 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act section 

302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 

2 guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peer 

review process is also deemed to satisfy 

the requirements of the Information 

Quality Act, including the OMB Peer 

Review Bulletin guidelines. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

http://www.npfmc.org/. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before 

these groups for discussion, those issues 

may not be the subject of formal action 

during these meetings. Actions 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 Shannon Gleason 

at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 working 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: January 12, 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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Administration 

RIN 0648–XF959 

Pacific Island Fisheries; Western 

Pacific Stock Assessment Review; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS and the Western 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

(Council) will convene a Western 

Pacific Stock Assessment Review 

(WPSAR) of the draft 2017 benchmark 

stock assessments for Guam coral reef 

fish. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for meeting dates, times, and daily 

agenda. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Council office, 1164 Bishop St., 

Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Seki, Director, NMFS Pacific 

Islands Fisheries Science Center 

(PIFSC), tel 808–725–5360. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PIFSC 

scientists are conducting stock 

assessments on exploited Pacific Islands 

coral reef fish included in the Council’s 

fishery ecosystem plans. These stocks 

are generally classified as data-poor 

because they lack reliable, long-term, 

catch and fishing effort data. 

Historically, the Council has 

recommended, and NMFS has 

approved, setting annual catch limits 

(ACLs) using a percentile of median 

historical catch levels and, more 

recently, a biomass-augmented catchMSY (maximum sustainable yield) 

method has been applied. 

In an effort to use additional available 

data sources for these stocks, PIFSC 

scientists have conducted new coral reef 

fish assessments using length 

composition data, abundance data from 

diver surveys, and certain key 

population demographic parameters 

related to growth, maturity, and 

longevity. PIFSC scientists have been 

implementing an approach that uses 

size structure data to obtain an estimate 


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of total and fishing mortality rates for 

coral reef fish stocks. These rates, 

combined with population demographic 

parameters, are used in a numerical 

population model to obtain stock 

sustainability metrics (for example, 

spawning potential ratio, F/FMSY). 

Overfishing limits can be generated by 

using recent total catch estimates and/ 

or population size estimates from diver 

surveys. Furthermore, a meta-analytical 

approach using stochastic simulations 

was developed at PIFSC to obtain 

demographic parameter estimates for 

species with even less data than datapoor species (that is, ‘‘data-less’’ 

species). These scientific methods 

passed a rigorous independent review 

by a panel organized by the Center for 

Independent Experts in 2015. In 2017, 

these methods were applied to 

individual species in the main Hawaiian 

Islands, and now this general approach 

will be used to assess 20 species from 

the U.S. territory of Guam. Per WPSAR, 

there is a need to independently review 

these species-specific stock assessments 

prior to submission to a fishery 

management organization for 

consideration. 

Section 301(a)(2) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act) requires that fishery conservation 

and management measures be based 

upon the best scientific information 

available. Magnuson-Stevens Act 

Section 302(g)(1)(E) provides that the 

Secretary of Commerce and each 

regional fishery management council 

may establish a peer review process for 

that Council for scientific information 

used to advise the Council about the 

conservation and management of a 

fishery. Consistent with this provision, 

the Council, PIFSC, and the NMFS 

Pacific Islands Regional Office have 

established the WPSAR process in an 

effort to improve the quality, timeliness, 

objectivity, and integrity of stock 

assessments and other scientific 

information used in managing Pacific 

Island fishery resources. 

Meeting Agenda for WPSAR Review 

The meeting schedule and agenda are 

as follows (9 a.m.–5 p.m. every day). 

The agenda order may change and the 

meeting will run as late as necessary to 

complete scheduled business. 

Monday, February 5, 2018 

1. Welcome and introductions 

2. Background information—Objectives 

and terms of reference 

3. Fishery operation and management 

4. History of stock assessments and 

reviews 

5. Data 

a. Guam Division of Aquatic and 

Wildlife Resources data collection 

b. Commercial Fisheries Biosampling 

Program 

c. NMFS Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Division surveys 

d. Biological data 

e. Other data 

6. Presentation and review of stock 

assessment 

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 

7. Continue review of stock assessment 

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 

8. Continue review of stock assessment 

Thursday, February 8, 2018 

9. Continue review of stock assessment 

10. Public comment period 

11. Panel discussions (closed) 

Friday, February 9, 2018 

12. Panel discussions (closed) 

13. Present panel recommendations 

(afternoon) 

14. Adjourn 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Please direct 

requests for sign language interpretation 

or other auxiliary aides to Michael Seki, 

Director, PIFSC, tel 808–725–5360, fax 

808–725–5360), at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: January 12, 2018. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled 

for 18 January 2018, at 9:00 a.m. in the 

Commission offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20001–2728. Items of discussion 

may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our website: 

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agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address; by emailing cfastaff@cfa.gov; or 

by calling 202–504–2200. Individuals 

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2018. 

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Performance Measurement in 

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DATES: Comments may be submitted, 

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