Pacific Fishery Management Council; Nearshore Species' Assessment Workshop, 12984 [2015-05586]

Download as PDF 12984 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 48 / Thursday, March 12, 2015 / Notices Dated: March 6, 2015. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2015–05711 Filed 3–11–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XD794 Pacific Fishery Management Council; Nearshore Species’ Assessment Workshop National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public workshop. AGENCY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will sponsor a nearshore species assessment workshop to evaluate catch data and proposed catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) indices for 2015 west coast groundfish stock assessments for black rockfish, China rockfish, and kelp greenling off Oregon. The Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop is open to the public. DATES: The Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop will commence at 1 p.m. PT, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 and will continue through 5:30 p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day. The workshop will continue on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 and Thursday, April 2, 2015 beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or as necessary to complete business. SUMMARY: The Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop will be held at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 281–2500. The workshop will be held in the Cascade A/B Room on March 31 and April 1, and will move to the Garden A/B Room on April 2. Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220–1384. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820–2413. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop is to evaluate available catch and effort data proposed for developing CPUE indices to inform 2015 groundfish stock assessments for black and China rockfish, as well as the population of kelp greenling off Oregon. Recommendations regarding the data available for use in developing CPUE indices for black rockfish, China rockfish, and kelp greenling will be forwarded to Stock Assessment Teams that will be conducting the assessments for their consideration in preparing these assessments scheduled for formal review later in 2015. Other data and approaches to assessing the abundance and productivity of west coast black rockfish, China rockfish, and kelp greenling may also be discussed at the Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop. No management actions will be decided in this workshop. Although non-emergency issues not identified in the workshop agenda may come before the workshop participants for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this workshop. Formal action at the workshop 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 workshop participants’ intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2425 at least 5 days prior to the workshop date. Dated: March 6, 2015. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2015–05586 Filed 3–11–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 Mar 11, 2015 Jkt 235001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XD804 New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; public meeting. AGENCY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate. DATES: This meeting will be held on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 1 p.m. and Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 775–2311; fax: (207) 772–4017 Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Oversight Committee will evaluate available procedures to develop and implement Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) policy, based on a staff discussion document. To provide feedback to the EBFM Plan Development Team, the committee will discuss progress on developing scientific advice on modifying the Atlantic herring Acceptable Biological Catch control rule in Draft Amendment 8 to account for forage considerations and herring’s role in the ecosystem. Finally, the committee will develop a letter commenting on NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Strategy (documents available at https://www.nefmc.org/ library/briefing-on-noaa-fisheries-draftclimate-science-strategy). 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 Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council’s 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 Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: March 6, 2015. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2015–05587 Filed 3–11–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD794


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Nearshore Species' Assessment 
Workshop

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
sponsor a nearshore species assessment workshop to evaluate catch data 
and proposed catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) indices for 2015 west coast 
groundfish stock assessments for black rockfish, China rockfish, and 
kelp greenling off Oregon. The Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop is 
open to the public.

DATES: The Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop will commence at 1 
p.m. PT, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 and will continue through 5:30 p.m. or 
as necessary to complete business for the day. The workshop will 
continue on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 and Thursday, April 2, 2015 
beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or as 
necessary to complete business.

ADDRESSES: The Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop will be held at 
the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 
97220; telephone: (503) 281-2500. The workshop will be held in the 
Cascade A/B Room on March 31 and April 1, and will move to the Garden 
A/B Room on April 2.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Nearshore Species 
Assessment Workshop is to evaluate available catch and effort data 
proposed for developing CPUE indices to inform 2015 groundfish stock 
assessments for black and China rockfish, as well as the population of 
kelp greenling off Oregon. Recommendations regarding the data available 
for use in developing CPUE indices for black rockfish, China rockfish, 
and kelp greenling will be forwarded to Stock Assessment Teams that 
will be conducting the assessments for their consideration in preparing 
these assessments scheduled for formal review later in 2015. Other data 
and approaches to assessing the abundance and productivity of west 
coast black rockfish, China rockfish, and kelp greenling may also be 
discussed at the Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop. No management 
actions will be decided in this workshop.
    Although non-emergency issues not identified in the workshop agenda 
may come before the workshop participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during this workshop. Formal 
action at the workshop 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 workshop participants' intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
at (503) 820-2425 at least 5 days prior to the workshop date.

    Dated: March 6, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-05586 Filed 3-11-15; 8:45 am]
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