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thriving communities and stable 

economies. One of the many ways 

ONMS ensures public participation in 

the designation and management of 

national marine sanctuaries is through 

the formation of advisory councils. 

National marine sanctuary advisory 

councils are community-based advisory 

groups established to provide advice 

and recommendations to the 

superintendents of the national marine 

sanctuaries on issues including 

management, science, service, and 

stewardship; and to serve as liaisons 

between their constituents in the 

community and the sanctuary. 

Additional information on ONMS and 

its advisory councils can be found at 

http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov. Information 

related to the purpose, policies, and 

operational requirements for advisory 

councils can be found in the charter for 

a particular advisory council (http://

sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/

council_charters.html) and the National 

Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council 

Implementation Handbook (http://

sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/

pdfs/2010-ac-handbook-appendices07162015.pdf). 

The following is a list of the vacant 

seats, including positions (i.e., primary 

member or alternate), for each of the 

advisory councils currently seeking 

applications for members and alternates: 

Flower Garden Banks National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: 

Conservation (primary); Education 

(primary); Recreational Fishing 

(primary); and Research (primary). 

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale 

National Marine Sanctuary Advisory 

Council: La ̄na‘i Island (alternate); and 

Moloka‘i Island (alternate). 

Monterey Bay National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: 

Agriculture (primary); Agriculture 

(alternate); At-Large (two primaries); AtLarge (alternate); Business/Industry 

(primary); Business/Industry (alternate); 

College (primary); College (alternate); 

Commercial Fishing (primary); 

Commercial Fishing (alternate); 

Conservation (primary); Recreation 

(primary); Recreation (alternate); 

Recreational Fishing (primary); 

Recreational Fishing (alternate); 

Research (primary); and Research 

(alternate). 

National Marine Sanctuary of 

American Samoa Advisory Council: 

West Side of Tutuila (primary). 

Stellwagen Bank National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council: At-Large 

(alternate); Business/Industry 

(alternate); Mobile Gear Commercial 

Fishing (alternate); Whale Watch 

(alternate); and Youth (alternate). 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) 

Dated: December 23, 2015. 

John Armor, 

Acting Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01976 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

will convene a meeting of its Coastal 

Pelagic Species (CPS) Subcommittee of 

the Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC). The meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, March 10, 2016, from 8 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Doubletree by Hilton Sacramento, 

Yuba River Room, 2001 Point West 

Way, Sacramento, CA 95815. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; telephone: 

(503) 820–2409. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

review a stock assessment update of the 

Pacific sardine resource. The SSC CPS 

subcommittee will conduct the review, 

and one member each from the CPS 

Management Team and CPS Advisory 

Subpanel will serve as advisers. The 

Council will set harvest specifications 

and management measures at its April 

9–14, 2016 meeting in Vancouver, WA. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (503) 820–2280 at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: January 28, 2016. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01843 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA165 

Marine Mammals; File No. 15510 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

major amendment to Permit No. 15510 

has been issued to Jennifer Burns, Ph.D., 

University of Alaska Anchorage, CPISB 

202C, 3101 Science Circle, Anchorage, 

AK 99508. 

ADDRESSES: The permit amendment and 

related documents are available for 

review upon written request or by 

appointment in the Permits and 

Conservation Division, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13705, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427– 

8401; fax (301) 713–0376. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosa 

L. Gonza ́lez or Amy Sloan, (301) 427– 

8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 8, 2015, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (80 FR 76276) 

that a request for an amendment Permit 

No. 15510 to collect, receive, import, 

and export specimens from marine 

mammals for scientific research had 

been submitted by the above-named 

applicant. The requested permit 

amendment has been issued under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations 

governing the taking and importing of 

marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

the regulations governing the taking, 

importing, and exporting of endangered 

and threatened species (50 CFR parts 

222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.). 

The original permit (No. 15510), 

issued on April 25, 2011 (76 FR 25308) 

authorized Dr. Burns to obtain samples 

from up to 50 animals of each of the 

following species: Harp (Pagophilus 


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