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Grant College Program (NSGCP) in the 

areas of program evaluation, strategic 

planning, education and extension, 

science and technology programs, and 

other matters as described in the agenda 

found on the NSGCP Web site at http:// 

seagrant.noaa.gov/WhoWeAre/ 

Leadership/ 

NationalSeaGrantAdvisoryBoard/ 

UpcomingAdvisoryBoardMeetings.aspx. 

DATES: The announced meeting is 

scheduled for Monday, October 16 from 

8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET and Tuesday, 

October 17 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

ET. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Embassy Suites by Hilton, 605 West 

Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, Georgia 

31401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

any questions concerning the meeting, 

please contact Mary Ann Garlic, 

National Sea Grant College Program, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Room 11861, Silver Spring, 

Maryland, 20910, 301–734–1081,or via 

email at Maryann.Garlic@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Status: The meeting will be open to 

public participation with a 15-minute 

public comment period on Tuesday, 

October 17, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. ET. 

(Check agenda using link in the 

Summary section to confirm time prior 

to attending.) 

The NSGAB expects that public 

statements presented at its meetings will 

not be repetitive of previously 

submitted verbal or written statements. 

In general, each individual or group 

making a verbal presentation will be 

limited to a total time of three (3) 

minutes. Written comments should be 

received by Mary Ann Garlic by Friday, 

October 13, 2017 to provide sufficient 

time for NSGAB review. Written 

comments received after the deadline 

will be distributed to the NSGAB, but 

may not be reviewed prior to the 

meeting date. Seats will be available on 

a first-come, first-serve basis. 

The NSGAB, which consists of a 

balanced representation from academia, 

industry, state government, and other 

relevant fields, was established in 1976 

by Section 209 of the Sea Grant 

Improvement Act (Public Law 94–461, 

33 U.S.C. 1128). The NSGAB advises the 

Secretary of Commerce and the Director 

of the NSGCP with respect to operations 

under the Act, and such other matters 

as the Secretary refers to them for 

review and advice. 

Special Accomodations: These 

meetings are physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Mary Ann Garlic by Friday, October 6, 

2017. See FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Dated: September 5, 2017. 

David Holst, 

Acting Chief Financial Officer/CAO, Office 

of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

(webinar). 

SUMMARY: The Groundfish 

Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific 

Council’s) Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting 

via webinar to review analyses 

informing 2019 and 2020 groundfish 

harvest specifications and other matters 

that will be considered at the November 

14–20, 2017 Pacific Council meetings in 

Costa Mesa, California. The webinar 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The SSC Groundfish 

Subcommittee webinar will be held 

Thursday, September 28, 2017 from 8:30 

a.m. to 10 a.m., and 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

(Pacific Daylight Time) or until business 

for the day has been completed. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC’s Groundfish 

Subcommittee meeting will be held by 

webinar. To attend the webinar, (1) join 

the meeting by visiting this link http:// 

www.gotomeeting.com/webinar; (2) 

enter the webinar ID: 975–440–411, and 

(3) enter your name and email address 

(required). After logging into the 

webinar, please (1) dial this TOLL 

number: 1–631–992–3221 (not a toll-free 

number); (2) enter the attendee phone 

audio access code: 214–350–817; and (3) 

then enter your audio phone pin (shown 

after joining the webinar). Note: We 

have disabled mic/speakers as an option 

and require all participants to use a 

telephone or cell phone to participate. 

Technical Information and System 

Requirements: PC-based attendees are 

required to use Windows® 7, Vista, or 

XP; Mac®-based attendees are required 

to use Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer; Mobile 

attendees are required to use iPhone®, 

iPad®, AndroidTM phone or Android 

tablet (See the https://

www.gotomeeting.com/webinar/ipadiphone-android-webinar-apps). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt at Kris.Kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov or contact him at 503–820– 

2280, extension 411 for technical 

assistance. A public listening station 

will also be available at the Pacific 

Council office. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2413. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the SSC Groundfish 

Subcommittee meeting is to review a 

new yelloweye rockfish rebuilding 

analysis, and review new data-limited 

estimates of overfishing limits (OFLs) 

for cowcod in the Monterey area, starry 

flounder, gopher rockfish off California, 

greenspotted rockfish north of 42°N. lat., 

blue and deacon rockfishes south of 

34°27′ N. lat., blue and deacon 

rockfishes off Washington, and cabezon 

off Washington. Some of these datalimited OFLs may be reviewed and 

resolved by the SSC at the September 

11–18, 2017 meeting in Boise, ID. If not, 

then the full suite of OFLs listed above 

will be reviewed by the SSC Groundfish 

Subcommittee at this September 28 

webinar meeting. Additionally, the SSC 

Groundfish Subcommittee will review a 

paper addressing conditions placed on 

the west coast bottom trawl groundfish 

fishery for shortraker rockfish, 

silvergray rockfish, and California skate 

by the Marine Stewardship Council. 

No management actions will be 

decided by the SSC’s Groundfish 

Subcommittee. The SSC Groundfish 

Subcommittee members’ role will be 

development of recommendations and 

reports for consideration by the SSC and 

Pacific Council at the November 

meeting in Costa Mesa, CA. 

Although nonemergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agendas may 

be discussed, 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 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

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the intent of the SSC Groundfish 

Subcommittee 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 Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (503) 820–2411 at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: September 7, 2017. 

Jeffrey N. Lonergan, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings of the 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council and its advisory committees. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and its 

advisory committees will meet October 

2 through October 10, 2017. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Monday, October 2 through Tuesday, 

October 10, 2017. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and times 

of the meetings. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 W. 3rd 

Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252; telephone (907) 271–2809. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Witherell, Council staff; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council will begin its plenary session at 

8 a.m. in the Aleutian Room on 

Wednesday, October 4, continuing 

through Tuesday, October 10, 2017. The 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. in the King 

Salmon/Iliamna Room on Monday, 

October 2 and continue through 

Wednesday, October 4, 2017. The 

Council’s Advisory Panel (AP) will 

begin at 8 a.m. in the Dillingham/ 

Katmai Room on Tuesday, October 3, 

and continue through Saturday, October 

7, 2017. The IFQ Committee will meet 

October 2, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Room to 

be Determined); the Enforcement 

Committee will meet October 3, 2017, 

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Room TBD); the 

Legislative Committee will meet 

October 3, 2017, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Room 

TBD); and the Halibut Charter 

Management Committee will meet 

Tuesday, October 10, noon to 4 p.m. 

(Room TBD). 

Agenda 

Monday, October 2, 2017 Through 

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 

Council Plenary Session: The agenda 

for the Council’s plenary session will 

include the following issues as well as 

an executive session. The Council may 

take appropriate action on any of the 

issues identified. 

(1) Executive Director’s Report 

(including a discussion of timing of 

allocation reviews; report on St. 

Paul Outreach meetings) 

(2) NMFS Management Report 

(including Draft EM policy 

directive, ACLIM update, Deep Sea 

Corals report (T), clarification on 

rulemaking for recent TLAS and 

squid actions (T); Adak pollock 

report (T)) 

(3) NOAA GC report (including conflict 

of interest review) 

(4) ADF&G Report (including Chinook 

salmon 3-river index projection) 

(5) USCG Report 

(6) USFWS Report 

(7) Protected Species Report (including 

a Northern Fur Seal Synthesis) 

(8) Charter Halibut Annual Permit 

Registration—Initial Review 

(9) Mixing of Guided and Unguided 

Halibut—Initial Review 

(10) BSAI Crab Specifications for 6 

stocks—Final Specifications 

(11) Groundfish Harvest 

Specifications—Proposed 

Specifications 

(12) Observer tendering issue; low 

sampling rates—OAC report 

(13) 2018 Observer Program Annual 

Deployment Plan—Review; OAC 

and EMWG Reports 

(14) GOA Rockfish Program Review— 

Review 

(15) Salmon FMP Amendment— 

Expanded discussion paper 

(16) Halibut Abundance-based PSC 

Limits—Discussion paper 

(17) Halibut Decksorting EFP and 

Halibut Genetics Sampling EFP— 

Review 

(18) IFQ Committee Report including 

data review of small unfished quota 

and quota migration 

(19) Halibut Retention in Sablefish 

Pots—Discussion paper 

(20) Staff Tasking 

The Advisory Panel will address most 

of the same agenda issues as the Council 

except items 1–7. 

The SSC agenda will include the 

following issues: 

(1) BSAI Crab Specifications for 6 

stocks—Final Specifications 

(2) Groundfish Harvest Specifications— 

Proposed Specifications 

(3) 2018 Observer Program Annual 

Deployment Plan—Review 

(4) GOA Rockfish Program Review— 

Review 

(5) Halibut Abundance-based PSC 

Limits—Discussion paper 

(6) Halibut Decksorting EFP and Halibut 

Genetics Sampling EFP—Review 

In addition to providing ongoing 

scientific advice for fishery management 

decisions, the SSC functions as the 

Council’s 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/. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before this 

group for discussion, those issues may 

not be the subject of formal action 

during these meetings. Actions 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 

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 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Shannon Gleason 

at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 working 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: September 7, 2017. 

Jeffrey N. Lonergan, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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