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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 6, 2012 / Notices
Dated: June 1, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Meeting
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council’s
(Council) Summer Flounder, Scup,
Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Advisory
Panels (APs).
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on June
27, 2012 at 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
DATES:
The meeting will be at the
DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore—BWI
Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road,
Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone: (1–
410) 859–8400.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 526–5255.
The
purpose of this meeting is to review
fishery performance and create an AP
Fishery Performance Report for Summer
Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and
Bluefish.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. 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 Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic
Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The panel to review
assessment methods for data-moderate
stocks will hold a work session that is
open to the public.
DATES: The Review of Assessment
Methods for Data-Moderate Stocks will
be held beginning at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday,
June 26, 2012 and end at 5 p.m. or as
necessary to complete business for the
day. The Panel will reconvene on
Wednesday, June 27 and will continue
through Friday, June 29, 2012 beginning
at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. each
day, or as necessary to complete
business. The Panel will adjourn on
Friday, June 29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The Review of Assessment
Methods for Data-Moderate Stocks will
be held at the National Marine Fisheries
Service’s Alaska Fisheries Science
Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
Building 4, Traynor Seminar Room,
Seattle, WA 98115; telephone: (206)
526–4000.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council),
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest
Fisheries Science Center; telephone:
(541) 961–8475; or Mr. John DeVore,
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
objectives of the assessment methods for
data-moderate stocks review meeting are
(1) evaluate inclusion of trend
information into simple assessment
methodologies and validate model
performance by providing examples for
assessed stocks or operating models for
which the assumptions of the simpler
models are not met; and (2) provide a
list of endorsed methods for use on
data-moderate stocks in Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s Groundfish
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Fishery Management Plan. This
workshop will also provide an
opportunity to refine methods used for
category 3 stocks, and review progress
on evaluating methods for determining
uncertainty (s) for each of three
categories of stock assessment
uncertainty used by the Council. It is
anticipated that reviewers will provide
endorsement of specific data-moderate
methodologies so that a number of
candidate category 2 stock assessments
using simple assessment models can be
conducted and reviewed during the
2013 stock assessment cycle for use in
the 2015–16 management cycle.
No management actions will be
decided by the Panel. The Panel’s role
will be development of
recommendations and reports for
consideration by the Pacific Council at
its September meeting in Boise, ID.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the Panel participants for
discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of formal Review Panel action
during this meeting. Panel 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 Panel participants’ intent
to take final 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 Mr.
Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2280 at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: June 1, 2012.
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
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The panel to review assessment methods for data-moderate
stocks will hold a work session that is open to the public.
DATES: The Review of Assessment Methods for Data-Moderate Stocks will
be held beginning at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 26, 2012 and end at 5
p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day. The Panel will
reconvene on Wednesday, June 27 and will continue through Friday, June
29, 2012 beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. each day, or as
necessary to complete business. The Panel will adjourn on Friday, June
29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The Review of Assessment Methods for Data-Moderate Stocks
will be held at the National Marine Fisheries Service's Alaska
Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 4, Traynor
Seminar Room, Seattle, WA 98115; telephone: (206) 526-4000.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific
Council), 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (541) 961-8475; or Mr. John
DeVore, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The objectives of the assessment methods for
data-moderate stocks review meeting are (1) evaluate inclusion of trend
information into simple assessment methodologies and validate model
performance by providing examples for assessed stocks or operating
models for which the assumptions of the simpler models are not met; and
(2) provide a list of endorsed methods for use on data-moderate stocks
in Pacific Fishery Management Council's Groundfish Fishery Management
Plan. This workshop will also provide an opportunity to refine methods
used for category 3 stocks, and review progress on evaluating methods
for determining uncertainty ([sigma]) for each of three categories of
stock assessment uncertainty used by the Council. It is anticipated
that reviewers will provide endorsement of specific data-moderate
methodologies so that a number of candidate category 2 stock
assessments using simple assessment models can be conducted and
reviewed during the 2013 stock assessment cycle for use in the 2015-16
management cycle.
No management actions will be decided by the Panel. The Panel's
role will be development of recommendations and reports for
consideration by the Pacific Council at its September meeting in Boise,
ID.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may come before the Panel participants for discussion, those issues may
not be the subject of formal Review Panel action during this meeting.
Panel 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 Panel participants' intent to take final
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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: June 1, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-13695 Filed 6-5-12; 8:45 am]
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