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average price per pound of Pacific 

whiting as reported in PacFIN from the 

Shorebased IFQ Program. For 2015 MS 

pricing, NMFS used data from calendar 

year 2013. In other words, data from the 

IFQ fishery is used as a proxy for the MS 

average price per pound to determine 

the ‘‘MS pricing’’ used in the 

calculation for the C/P sector’s fee 

amount due. In future years, NMFS may 

use values derived from those reported 

on the MS Coop Program cost recovery 

form from the previous calendar year, 

depending on what NMFS determines is 

the best information available. NMFS 

has calculated the 2015 MS pricing to be 

used as a proxy by the C/P Coop 

Program as: $0.13/lb for Pacific whiting. 

Cost recovery fees are submitted to 

NMFS by Fish buyers via Pay.gov 

(https://www.pay.gov/paygov/). Fish 

buyers registered with Pay.gov can login 

in the upper left-hand corner of the 

screen. Fish buyers not registered with 

Pay.gov can go to the cost recovery 

forms directly from the Web site below. 

Click on the link to Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Cost Recovery for your 

sector (IFQ, MS, or C/P): https:// 

pay.gov/public/search/

global?searchString

=+groundfish+cost+recovery

&formToken=6c80d7e6-a44c-4e9f-a4cceb7aa5000820. 

As stated in the preamble to the cost 

recovery proposed and final rules, in the 

spring of each year, NMFS will release 

an annual report documenting the 

details and data used for the above 

calculations. The report will include 

information such as the fee percentage 

calculation, program costs, and exvessel value by sector. The annual 

report for fishing year 2013 and 

calculation for 2014 is available at: 

http:// 

www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/

publications/fishery_management/

trawl_program/analytical%20docs/cost_

recovery_annual_report_01.pdf. 

The annual report for fishing year 

2014 and calculation for 2015 will be 

made available to the public 

electronically via the NMFS West Coast 

Region Groundfish Web site: http:// 

www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/

fisheries/groundfish_catch_shares/

index.html. 

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

Dated: December 23, 2014. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30488 Filed 12–24–14; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD686 

North 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 North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (NPFMC) will 

hold a Crab Modeling Workshop and a 

Crab Plan Team meeting. The workshop 

will be held January 13–15, 2015 with 

a Crab Plan Team meeting January 16, 

2015. 

DATES: The workshop will be held 

January 13–15, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. each day; The Crab Plan Team 

meeting will be held January 16, 2015, 

from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held 

at the Alaska Fishery Science Center 

AFSC, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Bldg 

4, Traynor Room, Seattle, WA. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Stram; telephone: (907)271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agenda includes: 

Modeling Workshop: Work session on 

the development of the generic crab 

modeling framework (Gmacs). Goals are 

to communicate with and receive 

feedback from stock assessment authors 

on the development and application of 

the modeling framework for BSAI crab 

stocks. The Crab Plan Team meeting 

will review the stock assessment for 

Norton Sound Red King Crab and 

recommend the Overfishing Levels 

(OFL) and Acceptable Biological Catch 

(ABC) for 2015/16. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

http://www.npfmc.org. 

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: December 22, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30413 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD662 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and 

South Atlantic; Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 39 assessment 

webinars for HMS Smoothhound 

Sharks. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 39 assessment of 

HMS Smoothhound Sharks will consist 

of a series of webinars. This notice is for 

a webinar associated with the 

Assessment portion of the SEDAR 

process. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The assessment webinar for 

SEDAR 39 will be held on Friday, 

January 16, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 12 

p.m., central time. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

to the public. Those interested in 

participating should contact Julie A. 

Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT below) to request 

an invitation providing webinar access 

information. Please request webinar 

invitations at least 24 hours in advance 

of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; phone: 

(843) 571–4366; email: julie.neer@

safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions, 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data 

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Workshop; and (2) a series of 

assessment webinars; and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a report which compiles 

and evaluates potential datasets and 

recommends which datasets are 

appropriate for assessment analyses. 

The product of the Assessment Webinar 

Process is a report which compiles and 

evaluates potential datasets and 

recommends which datasets are 

appropriate for assessment analyses; 

and describes the fisheries, evaluates 

the status of the stock, estimates 

biological benchmarks, projects future 

population conditions, and recommends 

research and monitoring needs. The 

assessment is independently peer 

reviewed at the Review Workshop. The 

product of the Review Workshop is a 

Summary documenting panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Division, and Southeast Fisheries 

Science Center. Participants include: 

data collectors and database managers; 

stock assessment scientists, biologists, 

and researchers; constituency 

representatives including fishermen, 

environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); 

international experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion in the 

Assessment Process webinars are as 

follows: 

1. Using datasets and initial 

assessment analysis recommended from 

the Data Workshop, panelists will 

employ assessment models to evaluate 

stock status, estimate population 

benchmarks and management criteria, 

and project future conditions. 

2. Panelists will recommend the most 

appropriate methods and configurations 

for determining stock status and 

estimating population parameters. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action 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 the public has been 

notified of the 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 the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business 

days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: December 22, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30281 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD687 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) will meet to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 beginning at 

9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting Address: The meeting will be 

held at the Hilton Providence, 21 

Atwells Ave., Providence, RI 02903. 

Council Address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda Items 

The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s SSC’s items for 

discussion will be: Planning for ABC 

recommendations needed by the 

Council in 2015; Discuss a process for 

dealing with ABC recommendations 

when recent assessment information is 

not available; Review & schedule the 

SSC meetings calendar for 2015 and 

discuss fishery performance indicators. 

Also on the agenda will be discussion 

about improvements to the SSC process. 

The committee will address other 

business as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action 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 the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 22, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30414 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD676 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (SAFMC) and Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council 

(GMFMC) will hold a meeting of their 

Joint Council Committee on South 

Florida Management Issues 

(Committee). 

DATES: The Committee meeting will be 

held from 9 a.m. on Tuesday, January 

13, 2015 until 12 noon on Thursday, 

January 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting Address: The meeting will be 

held at the Key West Marriott Beachside 

Hotel, 3841 N. Roosevelt Blvd., Key 

West, FL; phone: (305) 296–8100. 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council Address: South Atlantic Fishery 

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