[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 175 (Friday, September 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 46746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21937]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XR55


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: A public meeting of the Pacific Fishery Management Council's 
(Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Groundfish 
Subcommittee will be held to review new rebuilding analyses for eight 
west coast groundfish species. This meeting is a work session which is 
open to the public.

DATES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee meeting to review new groundfish 
rebuilding analyses will be held beginning at 9 a.m., Wednesday, 
September 30, 2009 and will end at 5:30 p.m. or as necessary to 
complete business. The meeting will reconvene at 9 a.m., Thursday, 
October 1, 2009 and will end at 5:30 p.m. or as necessary to complete 
business.

ADDRESSES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee meeting will be held at the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Western Regional 
Center's Sand Point Facility, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Observer 
Training Room 1055, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115-6349; 
telephone: (206) 526-4000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee meeting is to review new draft rebuilding analyses for 
bocaccio, canary rockfish, cowcod, darkblotched rockfish, Pacific ocean 
perch, widow rockfish, yelloweye rockfish, and petrale sole and any 
other pertinent information, work with the Stock Assessment Teams to 
make necessary revisions, and ultimately produce an SSC report for use 
by the Council family and other interested persons. These new 
rebuilding analyses will be used to analyze 2011-12 harvest 
specifications for these species and to develop or modify rebuilding 
plans for these species.
    No management actions will be decided at this SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee meeting. The SSC Groundfish Subcommittees' role will be 
development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the SSC 
and the Council at its November meeting in Costa Mesa, CA.
    Entry to the NOAA Western Regional Center's Sand Point Facility 
requires visitors to show a valid picture ID and register with 
security. A visitor's badge, which must be worn while at the NOAA 
Western Regional Center's Facility, will be issued to non-Federal 
employees participating in the meeting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may come before the meeting participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings. SSC 
Groundfish Subcommittee 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 meeting 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 Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 8, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-21937 Filed 9-10-09; 8:45 am]
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