[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 40170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19153]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XQ89


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Model 
Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) will hold a work session to review work 
products individual members have been developing prior to submission to 
the 2009 salmon methodology review process. The meeting is open to the 
public.

DATES: The work session will be held Thursday, August 27, 2009, from 9 
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Northwest Indian 
Fisheries Commission Conference Room, 6730 Martin Way East, Olympia, WA 
98516; telephone: (360) 438-1180.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management 
Staff Officer, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 
820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the work session is to review 
work products, including possible bias in the Fishery Regulation 
Assessment Model (FRAM) associated with multiple encounters during mark 
selective fisheries, and new methodology for estimating Columbia River 
Chinook ocean abundance. The results of the analyses will be submitted 
for review during the Council's 2009 salmon methodology review process.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may come before the MEW 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 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 Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 6, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-19153 Filed 8-10-09; 8:45 am]
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