[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72389-72390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30211]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA841


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings/Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of public teleconference.

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SUMMARY: The NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center and Pacific 
Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold an online webinar to 
review and critique its groundfish stock assessment process in 2011. 
The online Groundfish Stock Assessment Process Review Workshop webinar 
is open to the public.

DATES: The Groundfish Stock Assessment Process Review Workshop webinar 
will commence at 1 p.m., Thursday, December 8, 2011 and continue until 
5 p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day.

ADDRESSES: To join the online Groundfish Stock Assessment Process 
Review Workshop webinar from the U.S. Pacific time zone, go to https://nwfsc.webex.com/nwfsc/j.php?ED=164913422&UID=1227485477&RT=MiM0. To 
join the online Groundfish Stock Assessment Process Review Workshop 
webinar from other time zones or to view the webinar in languages other 
than English, go to https://nwfsc.webex.com/nwfsc/j.php?ED=164913422&UID=1227485477&ORT=MiM0. If requested, enter your 
name, email address, and the meeting number, which is 805-527-249. 
Click ``join'' when the login process is completed. No password is 
required to join the online webinar.
    To only join the audio teleconference of the Groundfish Stock 
Assessment Process Review Workshop from the U.S. or Canada, call the 
toll number 1 (408) 600-3600 (note: this is not a toll-free number) and 
use the access code 805-527-249 when prompted.
    A public listening station for the Groundfish Stock Assessment 
Process Review Workshop webinar will also be available in the large 
conference room at the Council office, 7700 NE. Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384; telephone: (503) 820-2280. Other public 
listening stations may be organized prior to the Groundfish Stock 
Assessment Process Review Workshop. For further information on public 
listening stations,

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call Mr. John DeVore at (503) 820-2280 or Dr. Jim Hastie at (206) 860-
3412.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE. 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384; telephone: (503) 
820-2280.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Groundfish Stock 
Assessment Process Review Workshop webinar is for participants in the 
Council's 2011 stock assessment process to consider the procedures used 
in 2011 to assess and update groundfish stock abundance and develop 
recommendations for improving the process for future assessments and 
future assessment reviews. No management actions will be decided in 
this workshop. Any recommendations developed at the workshop will be 
submitted for consideration by the Council at its March meeting in 
Sacramento, CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not identified in the workshop agenda 
may come before the workshop participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during this workshop. Formal 
action at the workshop 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 workshop is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least 
5 days prior to the workshop date.

    Dated: November 18, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-30211 Filed 11-22-11; 8:45 am]
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