[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 33443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13695]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 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 panel to review assessment methods for data-moderate 
stocks will hold a work session that is open to the public.

DATES: The Review of Assessment Methods for Data-Moderate Stocks will 
be held beginning at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 26, 2012 and end at 5 
p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day. The Panel will 
reconvene on Wednesday, June 27 and will continue through Friday, June 
29, 2012 beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. each day, or as 
necessary to complete business. The Panel will adjourn on Friday, June 
29, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The Review of Assessment Methods for Data-Moderate Stocks 
will be held at the National Marine Fisheries Service's Alaska 
Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 4, Traynor 
Seminar Room, Seattle, WA 98115; telephone: (206) 526-4000.
    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 objectives of the assessment methods for 
data-moderate stocks review meeting are (1) evaluate inclusion of trend 
information into simple assessment methodologies and validate model 
performance by providing examples for assessed stocks or operating 
models for which the assumptions of the simpler models are not met; and 
(2) provide a list of endorsed methods for use on data-moderate stocks 
in Pacific Fishery Management Council's Groundfish Fishery Management 
Plan. This workshop will also provide an opportunity to refine methods 
used for category 3 stocks, and review progress on evaluating methods 
for determining uncertainty ([sigma]) for each of three categories of 
stock assessment uncertainty used by the Council. It is anticipated 
that reviewers will provide endorsement of specific data-moderate 
methodologies so that a number of candidate category 2 stock 
assessments using simple assessment models can be conducted and 
reviewed during the 2013 stock assessment cycle for use in the 2015-16 
management cycle.
    No management actions will be decided by the Panel. The Panel's 
role will be development of recommendations and reports for 
consideration by the Pacific Council at its September meeting in Boise, 
ID.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the Panel participants for discussion, those issues may 
not be the subject of formal Review Panel action during this meeting. 
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 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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least 
5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: June 1, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-13695 Filed 6-5-12; 8:45 am]
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