[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 15722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6403]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XB082


Southern California Hook and Line Survey; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries 
Science Center (NWFSC) will hold a peer review meeting to evaluate the 
Southern California Shelf Rockfish Hook and Line Survey which was 
designed to collect fishery-independent data for use in the stock 
assessments of groundfish associated with rocky habitats.

DATES: The Southern California Hook and Line Survey review meeting will 
be held beginning at 8 a.m., Wednesday, April 4, 2012 and end at 5:30 
p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day. The review 
meeting will reconvene on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 8 a.m. and will 
adjourn by 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Southern California Hook and Line Survey review meeting 
will be held at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake 
Blvd. E., Seattle, WA 98112-2097; telephone: (206) 860-3200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (541) 961-8475; or Mr. John Harms, 
Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC); telephone: (206)-860-3414.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The peer review meeting will be held to: (1) 
Evaluate the Southern California Hook and Line survey design and 
protocols; (2) examine the analytical methods used to generate rockfish 
abundance indices; and, (3) provide suggestions regarding potential 
expansion of the survey's geographical range and species for which 
abundance indices are generated--particularly for data-poor and data-
limited species.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the review meeting participants for discussion, those 
issues may not be the subject of formal review action during this 
meeting. Actions of the review participants 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 meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Ms. Stacey Miller at (541) 961-8475 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 13, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-6403 Filed 3-15-12; 8:45 am]
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