[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48986-48987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22905]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF771


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meetings and hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a CNMI joint advisory group meeting consisting of the Council's 
CNMI Regional Ecosystem Advisory Committee (REAC), CNMI Fishery 
Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Advisory Panel (AP) and CNMI members of its Plan 
Team, Fishing Industry Advisory Committee (FIAC), Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC), and Marine Planning and Climate Change 
Committee (MPCCC); and a Guam joint advisory group meeting consisting 
of the Council's Guam REAC and Guam members of its Plan Team, FIAC, 
SSC, and MPCCC to discuss and make recommendations on fishery 
management issues in the Western Pacific Region.

DATES: The CNMI joint advisory group will meet on Wednesday, November 
15, 2017, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and the Guam joint advisory group 
will meet on Friday, November 17, 2017, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. All 
times listed are local island times.
    For specific times and agendas, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The CNMI joint advisory group meeting will be held at Saipan 
Fiesta Resort and Spa, P.O. Box 50129, Saipan, MP 96950, telephone: 
(670) 234-6412. The Guam joint advisory group meeting will be held at 
Hilton Guam Resort and Spa, 202 Hilton Road, Tumon Bay, Guam 96913, 
telephone: (671) 646-1835.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director, 
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (808) 522-8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public comment periods will be provided in 
the agenda. The order in which agenda items are addressed may change. 
The meetings will run as late as necessary to complete scheduled 
business.

Schedule and Agenda for the CNMI Joint Advisory Group Meeting

Wednesday, November 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Essential Fish Habitat
    A. Update on Habitat Program
    B. EFH Levels of Information
    C. Review of Non-Fishing Impacts to EFH
    D. Coordination on Non-Fishing Issues
3. Aquaculture Management
4. Public Comment
5. Other Business
6. Discussion and Recommendations
7. Training on Climate and Fisheries
    A. Reason for Training
    I. Annual Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Report
    II. Fishing community outreach
    B. Overview of Indicators
    C. Climate variability: Oceanic nino index, pacific decadal 
oscillation
    I. Overview and questions
    II. Small group discussions
    III. Plenary report out and discussion
    D. Heat: Sea Surface Temperature, Degree Heating Week
    E. Ocean acidification: Oceanic pH
    F. Catchability: Sea level, sea surface height, wave energy and 
related factors (rough seas, winds, turbidity)
    G. Discussion on scope of climate indicators being monitored

Schedule and Agenda for the Guam Joint Advisory Group Meeting

Friday, November 17, 2017, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Essential Fish Habitat
    A. Update on Habitat Program
    B. EFH Levels of Information

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    C. Review of Non-Fishing Impacts to EFH
    D. Coordination on Non-Fishing Issues
3. Aquaculture Management
4. Public Comment
5. Other Business
6. Discussion and Recommendations
7. Training on Climate and Fisheries
    A. Reason for Training
    I. Annual Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Report
    II. Fishing community outreach
    B. Overview of Indicators
    C. Climate variability: Oceanic nino index, pacific decadal 
oscillation
    I. Overview and questions
    II. Small group discussions
    III. Plenary report out and discussion
    D. Heat: Sea Surface Temperature, Degree Heating Week
    E. Ocean acidification: Oceanic pH
    F. Catchability: Sea level, sea surface height, wave energy and 
related factors (rough seas, winds, turbidity)
    G. Discussion on scope of climate indicators being monitored

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522-8220 
(voice) or (808) 522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting 
date.

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

    Dated: October 18, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-22905 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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