[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30308-30309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12927]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA456


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 Stock Assessment Review Panel (STAR Panel) for the Pacific 
ocean perch and petrale sole stock assessments will hold a work session 
that is open to the public.

DATES: The STAR Panel for Pacific ocean perch and petrale sole stock 
assessments will be held beginning at 9 a.m., Monday, June 20, 2011 and 
end at 5:30 p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day. The 
STAR panel will reconvene on Tuesday, June 21 and will continue through 
Friday, June 24, 2011 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. each 
day, or as necessary to complete business.

ADDRESSES: The Stock Assessment Review Panel for Pacific ocean perch 
and petrale sole stock assessments will be held at the Hotel Deca, 4507 
Brooklyn Avenue, NE., Seattle, WA 98105; telephone: (1-800) 899-0251.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific 
Council), 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (541) 961-8475; or Mr. John 
DeVore, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the STAR Panel for Pacific 
ocean perch and petrale sole is to review draft 2011 stock assessment 
documents and any other pertinent information for Pacific ocean perch 
and petrale sole, work with the Stock Assessment Teams to make 
necessary revisions, and produce a STAR Panel report for use by the 
Pacific Council family and other interested persons for developing 
management recommendations for 2013-14 fisheries. No management actions 
will be decided by the STAR Panel. The STAR Panel's role will be 
development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the 
Pacific Council at its September meeting in San Mateo, CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may

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come before the STAR Panel participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal STAR Panel action during this meeting. 
STAR Panel 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 STAR Panel 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: May 20, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-12927 Filed 5-24-11; 8:45 am]
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