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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and its 

advisory committees will hold public 

meetings, December 10–16, 2014. 

DATES: The Council will begin its 

plenary session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday 

December 10, continuing through 

Tuesday December 16, 2014. The 

Scientific Statistical Committee (SSC) 

will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday 

December 8 and continue through 

Wednesday December 10, 2014. The 

Council’s Advisory Panel (AP) will 

begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday December 9, 

and continue through Saturday 

December 13, 2014. The Enforcement 

Committee will meet from 1 p.m. to 4 

p.m. on Tuesday December 9, 2014. All 

meetings are open to the public, except 

executive sessions. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West 

3rd, Anchorage, AK. 

Council Address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Witherell, Council staff; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 

(including review of staff work plan 

for Gulf of Alaska (GOA)) trawl 

bycatch management, crab 

workgroup report on regional 

delivery framework agreement, 

legislate update) 

NMFS Management Report 

ADF&G Report 

NOAA Enforcement Report 

U.S. Coast Guard Report 

U.S. FWS Report 

International Pacific Halibut 

Commission Report 

Protected Species Report 

North Pacific Research Board report 

2. Charter Halibut Management 

Measures for 2015 

3. Initial review of Bering Sea Salmon 

Bycatch 

4. Final action on GOA Skate Maximum 

Retainable Allowance (MRA) 

5. Final BSAI Groundfish harvest 

specifications; approve Plan Team 

reports; Amendment 80/American 

Fisheries Act (AFA) incidental 

catch data 

6. Final GOA groundifish specifications; 

approve Plan Team reports 

7. Initial review of GOA Sablefish 

longline pots 

8. Discussion paper on Vessel 

Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQs) 

Caps 

9. Electronic Monitoring (EM); 

workgroup report; discuss 

Alternative 4 and review 

Cooperative Research Plan (CRP) 

10. Discussion paper on Observer 

coverage on small Catcher 

Processors (CPs) 

11. Review Vessel Monitoring System 

(VMS) discussion paper 

12. Initial/Final action on Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) language 

License Limitation Program (LLP) 

exemptions housekeeping 

13. Pribilof canyon corals; receive 

comments on rage of alternatives 

14. 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. Bering Sea Salmon Bycatch 

2. BSAI Groundfish Specifications 

3. GOA Groundfish Specifications 

4. GOA Sablefish pots 

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. Background 

documents, reports, and analyses for 

review are posted on the Council Web 

site in advance of the meeting. The 

names and organizational affiliations of 

SSC members are also posted on the 

Web site. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens 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 Gail Bendixen at 

(907) 271–2809 at least 7 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: November 17, 2014. 

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 

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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold public meetings of the Council and 

its Committees. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Monday, December 8, 2014 through 

Thursday, December 11, 2014. For 

agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

Royal Sonesta, 550 Light Street, 

Baltimore, MD, telephone: (410) 234– 

0550. 

Council Address: Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 

State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s Web site, 

www.mafmc.org also has details on the 

meeting location, proposed agenda, 

webinar listen-in access, and briefing 

materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the agenda, 

though agenda items may be addressed 

out of order (changes will be noted on 

the Council’s Web site when possible.) 

Monday, December 8, 2014 

1:30 p.m.–5 p.m. 

Executive Committee [OPEN SESSION] 

—Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries 

Management 

• Forage Fish White Paper (review 

second draft) 

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1. Consider potential action for 

protection of unmanaged forage 

species 

• Climate Change and Fisheries 

White Paper (review first draft) 

—2015 Implementation Plan 

• Discuss and approve 

Tuesday, December 9, 2014 

9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Ecosystem/Ocean Planning Committee 

Meeting as a Committee of the 

Whole 

—Habitat Project Update 

—NEFMC Omnibus Habitat 

Amendment Public Hearing 

—Develop Council comments on 

NEFMC Amendment 

1:30 p.m. 

Demersal Committee Meeting as a 

Committee of the Whole with the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission’s Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards 

1:30 p.m.–5 p.m. 

Comprehensive Summer Flounder 

Amendment 

—Review Summer Flounder Scoping 

comments 

—Approve issues to be addressed in 

the amendment 

Wednesday, December 10, 2014 

9 a.m. 

Demersal Committee Meeting as a 

Committee of the Whole with the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission’s Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards 

9 a.m.–10:30 a.m. 

Finalize Summer Flounder 2015 

Recreational Management Measures 

—Review Monitoring Committee and 

Advisory Panel recommendations 

for 2015 

—Adopt recommendations for 2015 

management measures 

10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Finalize Scup 2015 Recreational 

Management Measures 

—Review Monitoring Committee and 

Advisory Panel recommendations 

for 2015 

—Adopt recommendations for 2015 

management measures 

1 p.m.–3 p.m. 

Finalize Black Sea Bass 2015 

Management Measures 

—Review Monitoring Committee and 

Advisory Panel recommendations 

for 2015 

—Adopt recommendations for 2015 

management measures 

3 p.m.–4 p.m. 

Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries 

Office Strategic Plan, Harry Mears 

4 p.m.–5 p.m. 

Golden Tilefish 

—Consider changes in possession 

limit 

—Consider changes to the Interactive 

Voice Reporting requirements 

5 p.m.–6 p.m. 

Listening Session—Deep Sea Corals, 

Martha Nizinski 

Thursday, December 11, 2014 

9 a.m. 

Council Convenes 

9 a.m.–1 p.m. 

Business Session 

Organization Reports 

—NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional 

Office 

—NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science 

Center 

—NOAA Office of General Counsel 

—NOAA Office of Law Enforcement 

—U.S. Coast Guard 

—Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission 

Liaison Reports 

—New England Council 

—South Atlantic Council 

Executive Director’s Report, Chris 

Moore 

Science Report, Rich Seagraves 

Committee Reports 

—Executive Committee 

• Approve 2015 Implementation Plan 

Continuing and New Business 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Actions 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically identified 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 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid 

should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, 

(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: November 17, 2014. 

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–XD622 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold its 151st meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

December 9–10, 2014. The Council will 

convene on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 

from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will 

reconvene on Wednesday, December 10, 

2014, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Marriott Resort Frenchman’s Reef & 

Morning Star, #4 Estate Bakkeroe, St. 

Thomas, U.S.V.I. 00802. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 

270 Mun ̃ oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918; telephone: 

(787) 766–5926. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council will hold its 151st regular 

Council Meeting to discuss the items 

contained in the following agenda: 

December 9, 2014, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. 

• Call to Order 

• Adoption of Agenda 

• Consideration of 150th Council 

Meeting Verbatim Transcriptions 

• Executive Director’s Report 

• Abril/Bajo/Tourmaline 

Reconsideration of Closure Period, 

Guidance on Next Steps from 

Council 

• SSC Outcomes from November oneday Webinar Meeting, Including 

Status of Species Selection Criteria 

Table 

• ACL Overages/AM Application/

Enhanced Reporting Status 

• Timing of Closures, Focus on 

Development of Options Paper and 

Scheduling Additional Scoping 

Hearings 

• Federal Permits Scoping Document, 

Schedule Scoping Meetings 

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