[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37513-37514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13323]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[XRIN: 0648-XB30]


BSAI Crab Economic Data Collection Program; Public Meetings

AGENCY: Alaska Fishery Science Center (AFSC), National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Alaska Fishery Science Center, Economic and Social Science 
Research Program will hold public meetings in Kodiak, AK and Seattle, 
WA to review the BSAI Crab Economic Data Collection Program.

DATES: The meetings will be held on July 25, 2007 in Kodiak and August 
2, 2007 in Seattle. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates 
and times.

ADDRESSES: Alaska Fishery Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 
4, Seattle, WA 98155. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
locations of meetings/hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Brian Garber-Yonts, AFSC, (206) 
526-6301.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These meetings are part of a process to 
respond to issues raised by the North Pacific Fisheries Management 
Council

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concerning the BSAI Crab Economic Data Report (EDR) data. The specific 
topics to be addressed at the meeting will be:
    1. Data quality - ensuring that the questions are consistently 
interpreted across both industry who respond to the survey and analysts 
using the data.
    2. Confidentiality - ensuring that any use or reporting of the data 
protects confidentiality interests of industry who have responded to 
the survey.
    The Kodiak meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 
Fisherman's Hall, 403 Marine Way W, Kodiak, AK.
    The Seattle meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Leif 
Erickson Hall, 2245 NW 57th St., Seattle, WA. The morning session will 
focus on crab processing data elements in the EDRs and the afternoon 
session will focus on crab harvesting data elements. Both meetings are 
open to the public.
    A discussion paper reviewing the data quality and confidentiality 
topics was presented at the NPFMC meetings in March, 2007 and can be 
downloaded at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/summary_reports/DATA032007.pdf. A revised draft of the paper will be reviewed at the 
meetings. To receive an advance copy of the revised discussion paper, 
please contact Dr. Brian Garber-Yonts at (206) 526-6301 or by email at 
[email protected].

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Dr. Brian Garber-Yonts, AFSC, 
(206) 526-6301 at least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: July 5, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-13323 Filed 7-9-07; 8:45 am]
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