Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 225 / Friday, November 21, 2014 / Notices 69431 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27541 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

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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• Red Hind White Paper 

Public Comment Period 

(5-minutes presentations) 

5:15 p.m.–6 p.m. 

• Administrative Matters 

—Budget Update FY 2014/15 

—SOPPs Approval for Submission to 

NOAA Fisheries 

—SSC/OEAP Memberships 

—Closed Session to Discuss 

Membership of Island-Based 

District Advisory Panels (DAPs) and 

Consideration of Terms of 

Reference for Winter 2015 DAP 

Meetings 

December 10, 2014, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

• Point 97 Presentation on Electronic 

Reporting Project 

• Outreach and Education Report—Dr. 

Alida Ortı ́z 

• Petition Shark Quota for Artisanal US 

Caribbean Fishers—Marcos Hanke 

• SEDAR Developments and Planning— 

Bonnie Ponwith 

• Sea Cucumbers and Sea Urchins 

Report from PR DNER and 

Consideration of need to Close 

Harvest in Federal Waters in 

Support of Implementing Harvest 

Closure in State Waters. 

• Enforcement Issues: 

—Puerto Rico-DNER 

—U.S. Virgin Islands-DPNR 

—U.S. Coast Guard 

—NMFS/NOAA 

• Meetings Attended by Council 

Members and Staff 

Public Comment Period 

(5-minute presentations) 

• Other Business 

• Next Council Meeting 

The established times for addressing 

items on the agenda may be adjusted as 

necessary to accommodate the timely 

completion of discussion relevant to the 

agenda items. To further accommodate 

discussion and completion of all items 

on the agenda, the meeting may be 

extended from, or completed prior to 

the date established in this notice. 

The meeting is open to the public, 

and will be conducted in English. 

Fishers and other interested persons are 

invited to attend and participate with 

oral or written statements regarding 

agenda issues. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be subjects for formal 

action during this meeting. 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 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided that the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. For more 

information or request for sign language 

interpretation and/other auxiliary aids, 

please contact Mr. Miguel A. Rolo ́n, 

Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council, 270 Mun ̃oz 

Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, 

Puerto Rico, 00918, telephone (787) 

766–5926, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Dated: November 18, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27621 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD633 

North Pacific 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 North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) Charter 

Management Implementation 

Committee will meet in Anchorage, AK. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

December 8, 2014, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

(AST). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council, 605 W. 4th Avenue, 

Conference Room 205, Anchorage, AK. 

The meeting will be accessible via 

teleconference: (907) 271–2896. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve MacLean, Council staff; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

committee will meet to review analyses 

of potential Area 2C and Area 3A 

charter halibut management measures 

for 2015, and to make a 

recommendation for the Council to 

consider at its December, 2014 meeting. 

Potential management measures were 

posted on the Council Web site at 

http://www.npfmc.org/halibut-chartermanagement/charter-managementimplementation-committee/. 

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 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 

The meeting is 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 18, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27622 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD607 

Marine Mammals; File No. 18824 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Briana Witteveen, Ph.D., of the 

University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Kodiak 

Seafood and Marine Science Center (118 

Trident Way, Kodiak, AK, 99615), has 

applied in due form for a permit to take 

multiple cetacean species for purposes 

of scientific research, with additional 

takes of several pinniped species by 

incidental harassment, within the Gulf 

of Alaska. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

December 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

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