[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Friday, October 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60360-60361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2562]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 100404F]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting/Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS and the Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold a 
workshop to examine and discuss stock assessment models to be used in 
the 2005 stock assessments of West Coast groundfish.

DATES: The workshop will be held in October 2004. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the NMFS Northwest Fisheries 
Science Center (NWFSC), 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 
98112.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey Miller, NMFS NWFSC; telephone: 
206-860-3480; or John DeVore, Pacific Fishery Management Council; 
telephone: 503-820-2280.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshop will be held on Monday, October 
25, 2004, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday October 26, 2004, through 
Thursday, October 28, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 
October 29, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
    The purpose of the workshop is for authors to announce and discuss 
the models they will use in the 2005 West Coast groundfish stock 
assessments. Specifically, the workshop will be convened to examine the 
performance of stock assessment models as well as discuss authors' 
progress using these models. Additional topics to be discussed during 
the workshop include analytical methods for preparing data for model 
input, calculating and reporting uncertainty in stock assessments, and 
species-specific modeling issues.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the workshop participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal workshop action during this meeting. 
Workshop 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 workshop 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 Carolyn Porter at 503-820-2280 at least five days 
prior to the meeting date.
    Entry to the NWFSC requires visitors to show a valid picture ID and 
register with security. A visitor's badge, which must be worn while at 
the NWFSC facility, will be issued to non-Federal employees 
participating in the meeting.

    Dated: October 5, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-2562 Filed 10-7-04; 8:45 am]
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