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Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8
a.m.
Groundfish Management Team 8
a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species
Management Team 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad Hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad Hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical
Group Ad Hoc
Day 6—Sunday, March 12, 2017
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species
Management Team 8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad Hoc
Tribal Policy Group Ad Hoc
Tribal and Washington Technical
Group Ad Hoc
Day 7—Monday, March 13, 2017
California State Delegation 7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation 7 a.m.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this Pacific Council for
discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of formal Council action during
this meeting. Council 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, provided the public has been
notified of the Pacific Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency.

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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, at 503–820–2280, ext.
411 (see ADDRESSES) at least ten
business days prior to the meeting date.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 10, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF226

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearings and
Webinar.
AGENCY:

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold five public hearings and Webinar
to solicit public comments on Draft
Amendment 46; the Gray Triggerfish
Rebuilding Plan.
DATES: The meetings and Webinar will
convene Monday, March 6, 2017;
starting at 6 p.m. and will adjourn on
Wednesday, March 15, 2017, no later
than 9 p.m., to view the agenda see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be
held in Destin and St. Petersburg, FL,
Corpus Christi and Galveston, TX, and
Spanish Fort, AL.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607; (813) 348–1630 or on their Web
site, at www.gulfcouncil.org.
Public comments: Written comments
must be received on Tuesday, February
28, 2017, before 5 p.m. Comments may
also be submitted online through the
Council’s public portal by visiting
www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on
‘‘CONTACT US’’.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas Gregory, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Agenda
The agenda for the following five
hearings and Webinar are as follows:
Council staff will brief the public on the
results of the gray triggerfish stock
assessment and rebuilding status.
Council staff will also provide an
overview of the actions and alternatives
considered in the amendment including
the Council preferred alternatives. The
Council is currently considering
modifications to: The rebuilding time
period, commercial and recreational
annual catch limits (ACLs) and annual
catch targets (ACTs), recreational
management measures including
modifications to the fixed closed
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size limits. The Council is also
considering modifying the commercial
trip limit while maintaining the current
fixed closed season of June 1, 2017
through July 31, 2017. Staff and a
Council member will be available to
answer any questions and the public
will have the opportunity to provide
testimony on the amendment and other
related testimony.
The schedule is as follows:
Locations
Monday, March 6, 2017; Hilton
Garden Inn, 6717 S. Padre Island Drive,
Corpus Christi, TX 78412; telephone:
(361) 991–8200; Five Rivers Delta
Resource Center, 30945 Five Rivers
Boulevard, Spanish Fort, AL 36527;
telephone: (251) 625–0814.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017; Destin
Community Center, 101 Stahlman Ave,
Destin, FL 32541; telephone: (850) 654–
5184; Courtyard by Marriott, 9550
Seawall Boulevard, Galveston, TX
77554; telephone: (409) 497–2850.
Thursday, March 9, 2017; Hilton St.
Petersburg Carillon Park, 950 Lake
Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33716;
telephone: (727) 540–0050.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017, Webinar
will convene at 6 p.m., at https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
2003305067287307265.
After registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing
information about joining the Webinar.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kathy Pereira (see
ADDRESSES), at least 5 business days
prior to the meeting date.
Note: The times and sequence
specified in this agenda are subject to
change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 13, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
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following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Statement of Financial Interests,
Regional Fishery Management Councils.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0192.
Form Number(s): NOAA88–195.
Type of Request: Regular (revision
and extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 330.
Average Hours per Response: 45
minutes.
Burden Hours: 247 hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
revision and extension of a current
information collection. The MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson Stevens
Act) authorizes the establishment of
Regional Fishery Management Councils
to exercise sound judgment in the
stewardship of fishery resources
through the preparation, monitoring,
and revision of such fishery
management plans under circumstances
(a) which will enable the States, the
fishing industry, consumers,
environmental organizations, and other
interested persons to participate in the
development of such plans, and (b)
which take into account the social and
economic needs of fishermen and
dependent communities.
Section 302(j) of the MagnusonStevens Act requires that Council
members appointed by the Secretary,
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) members appointed by a Council
under Section 302(g)(1), or individuals
nominated by the Governor of a State for
possible appointment as a Council
member, disclose their financial interest
in any Council fishery. These interests
include harvesting, processing,
lobbying, advocacy, or marketing
activity that is being, or will be,
undertaken within any fishery over
which the Council concerned has
jurisdiction, or with respect to an
individual or organization with a
financial interest in such activity. The
authority to require this information and
reporting and filing requirements has
not changed. Revision: NOAA Fisheries
is in the process of conducting minor
revisions to the form by adding clearer
instructions and clarifying some of the
questions asked to ensure the questions
are consistent with the regulatory
requirements. Revisions will also
include a specific check box to indicate
that a Council nominee, and not a
member, is completing the form.
The Secretary is required to submit an
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taken by the Secretary and the Councils
to implement the disclosure of financial
interest and recusal requirements,
including identification of any conflict
of interest problems with respect to the
Councils and SSCs and
recommendations for addressing any
such problems.
The Act further provides that a
member shall not vote on a Council
decision that would have a significant
and predictable effect on a financial
interest if there is a close causal link
between the Council decision and an
expected and substantially
disproportionate benefit to the financial
interest of the affected individual
relative to the financial interest of other
participants in the same gear type or
sector of the fishery. However, an
affected individual who is declared
ineligible to vote on a Council action
may participate in Council deliberations
relating to the decision after notifying
the Council of his/her recusal and
identifying the financial interest that
would be affected.
The form has been revised to increase
clarity for the respondents. No new
information is being requested.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Annually or updated as
needed.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: February 10, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
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Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Alaska Region Gear
Identification.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0353.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 988.
Average Hours per Response: Tag
requests and replacements, 15 minutes;
buoy marking, 15 minutes per buoy.
Burden Hours: 1,841.
Needs and Uses: Regulations specify
that all hook-and-line, longline pot, and
pot-and-line marker buoys carried on
board or used by any vessel must be
marked with Federal Fisheries Permit
number or State of Alaska Department
of Fish and Game vessel registration
number. Regulations that marker buoys
be marked with identification
information are essential to facilitate
fisheries enforcement and actions
concerning damage, loss, and civil
proceedings. The ability to link fishing
gear to the vessel owner or operator is
crucial to enforcement of regulations.
This collection also provides a
voluntary opportunity for Gulf of Alaska
(GOA) individual fishing quota (IFQ)
sablefish fishermen to use a gear that
physically protects caught sablefish
from depredation by whales. That
option, the use of pot longline gear,
currently exists in sablefish IFQ
fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands management areas. Potential
benefits of pot longline gear for sablefish
fishing include: Mitigation of whale
interaction with fishing gear, reduced
mortality of seabirds, reduced bycatch
of non-target fish species, reduced
overall halibut mortality when targeting
sablefish, and better accounting of total
sablefish fishing mortality.
Whales are able to strip hooked fish
from hook-and-line gear, which reduces
the amount of sablefish caught by
fishermen. As such, whale depredation
represents undocumented fishing
mortality.
Many seabird species are attracted to
fishing vessels in order to forage on bait,
offal, discards, and other prey made
available by fishing operations. These
interactions can result in direct
mortality for seabirds if they become
entangled in fishing gear or strike the
vessel or fishing gear while flying.
Each vessel must use mandatory
logbooks (see OMB Control No. 0648–
0213 and 0648–0515) when
participating in a longline pot fishery.
When the number of pots deployed by
a vessel is self-reported through
logbooks, the use of pot tags provides an
additional enforcement tool to ensure

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