[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 53179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21553]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC203


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 Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) will hold a work session to review 
work products individual members have been developing prior to 
submission to the 2012 salmon methodology review process. The meeting 
is open to the public.

DATES: The work session will be held Monday, September 17, 2012, from 
12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Northwest Indian 
Fisheries Commission Conference Room, 6730 Martin Way East, Olympia, WA 
98516; telephone: (360) 438-1180.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Burner or Mr. Chuck Tracy, 
Salmon Management Staff Officer, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-
2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the work session is to review 
work products, including possible bias in the Fishery Regulation 
Assessment Model associated with multiple encounters during mark 
selective fisheries. The results of the analyses will be submitted for 
review during the Pacific Council's 2012 salmon methodology review 
process.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may come before the MEW for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. 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 intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The 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: August 28, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-21553 Filed 8-30-12; 8:45 am]
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