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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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF685 

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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