Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 6, 2017 / Notices 42081 

Dated: August 31, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18868 Filed 9–5–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF667 

Gulf of Mexico 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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will hold a oneday meeting of its Ad Hoc Red Snapper 

Charter For-Hire Advisory Panel. 

DATES: The meeting will convene on 

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, from 8:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Gulf Council office. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 

Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Matt Freeman, Economist, Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

matt.freeman@gulfcouncil.org, 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, September 19, 2017; 8:30 

a.m.–5 p.m., EDT: 

1. Adoption of Agenda 

2. Summary and Discussion of Actions 

within Reef Fish Amendment 41 

3. Referendum Eligibility Requirements 

Process 

4. Other Business 

—Meeting Adjourns— 

You may register for Ad Hoc Red 

Snapper Charter For-Hire Advisory 

Panel meeting on September 19, 2017 at: 

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ 

register/6575211860414571778. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on the 

Council’s file server. To access the file 

server, the URL is https://

public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/ 

index.cgi, or go to the Council’s Web 

site and click on the FTP link in the 

lower left of the Council Web site 

(http://www.gulfcouncil.org). The 

username and password are both 

‘‘gulfguest’’. Click on the ‘‘Library 

Folder’’, then scroll down to ‘‘AP 

Meeting_Ad Hoc Red Snapper CFH– 

2017–09’’. 

The meeting will be webcast over the 

Internet. A link to the webcast will be 

available on the Council’s Web site, 

http://www.gulfcouncil.org. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Advisory Panel for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, those issues may not be the subject 

of formal action during this meeting. 

Actions of the Advisory Panel will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in the agenda 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 

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 

Kathy Pereira at the Gulf Council Office 

(see ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting. 

Dated: August 31, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF618 

Meeting of the Columbia Basin 

Partnership Task Force of the Marine 

Fisheries Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

proposed schedule and agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the Marine 

Fisheries Advisory Committee’s 

(MAFAC’s) Columbia Basin Partnership 

Task Force (CBP Task Force). The CBP 

Task Force will discuss the issues 

outlined in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 26, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 5 

p.m. and on September 27, 2017, from 

8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Best Western Plus Hood River Inn, 

1108 E Marina Drive, Hood River, OR 

97031. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Cheney; NFMS West Coast 

Region (503) 231–6730; email: 

Katherine.Cheney@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of MAFAC’s 

CBP Task Force. The MAFAC was 

established by the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary) and, since 1971, 

advises the Secretary on all living 

marine resource matters that are the 

responsibility of the Department of 

Commerce. The complete MAFAC 

charter and summaries of prior MAFAC 

meetings are located online at http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocs/mafac/. The 

CBP Task Force reports to MAFAC and 

is being convened to discuss and 

develop recommendations for long-term 

goals to meet Columbia Basin salmon 

recovery, conservation needs, and 

harvest opportunities. These goals will 

be developed in the context of habitat 

capacity and other factors that affect 

salmon mortality. More information is 

available at the CBP Task Force Web 

page: http://

www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

columbia_river/index.html. 

Matters To Be Considered 

The meeting time and agenda are 

subject to change. Updated information 

will be available on the CBP Task Force 

Web page above. Meeting topics include 

progress reports on applying the 

analytical framework to example species 

as prototypes and updates on 

quantitative goal setting, guiding 

principles, and vision. The meeting is 

open to the public as observers, and 

public input will be accepted on 

September 27, 2017, from 1:00–1:30 

p.m., limited to the time available. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Katherine Cheney; 503–231–6730, by 

Sept. 15, 2017. 

Dated: August 23, 2017. 

Jennifer Lukens, 

Director for the Office of Policy, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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