[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 235 (Thursday, December 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72828-72829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29495]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC383


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting/Online Webinar

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

ACTION: Notice of online webinar.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
hold an online webinar to develop alternatives for determining the 
status of groundfish stocks based on results of data-moderate 
assessments. The online Groundfish Status Determination Criteria for 
Data-Moderate Stocks webinar is open to the public, although space for 
online access is limited to the first 100 participants.

DATES: The Groundfish Status Determination Criteria for Data-Moderate 
Stocks webinar will commence at 9 a.m. PST, Friday, December 21, 2012 
and continue until noon or as necessary to complete business for the 
day.

ADDRESSES: To attend the Groundfish Status Determination Criteria for 
Data-Moderate Stocks webinar, please reserve your seat by visiting 
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/260816698. If requested, enter 
your name, email address, and the webinar id, which is 260-816-698. 
Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email message 
that contains detailed information about viewing the event. To only 
join the audio teleconference of the Groundfish Status Determination 
Criteria for Data-Moderate Stocks webinar from the U.S. or Canada, call 
the toll number 1-415-655-0051 (note: this is not a toll-free number) 
and use the access code 260-374-057 when prompted.
    System requirements for attending the online webinar are as 
follows:
    PC-based attendees: Windows[reg] 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server;

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    Mac[reg]-based attendees: Mac OS[reg] X 10.5 or newer; and
    Mobile attendees: iPhone[reg], iPad[reg], Android \TM\ phone or 
Android tablet.
    Public listening stations for the Groundfish Status Determination 
Criteria for Data-Moderate Stocks webinar will also be available at the 
following locations:
    1. Large conference room (room 188), NMFS Southwest Fisheries 
Science Center, 110 Shaffer Rd., Santa Cruz, CA 95060;
    2. Large conference room, Pacific Council office, 7700 NE. 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384; and
    3. Auditorium, NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 
Montlake Blvd. E., Seattle, WA 98112.
    Council address: 7700 NE. Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 
97220-1384; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Groundfish Status 
Determination Criteria for Data-Moderate Stocks webinar is to develop 
alternative status determination criteria for stocks that are assessed 
using new data-moderate methods adopted last year for use in the 2013 
assessment cycle. No management actions will be decided in this 
workshop. Any recommendations developed at the workshop will be 
submitted for consideration by the Pacific Council at its March 2013 
meeting in Tacoma, WA.
    Members of the general public who are not NMFS employees need to 
provide photo identification to attend the webinar at the Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center. Foreign nationals without green cards 
intending to attend the webinar at the Northwest Fisheries Science 
Center must notify Dr. Jim Hastie, (206) 860-3412, at the Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center at least one week prior to the webinar.
    Public comments during the webinar will only be received from 
attendees at one of the three public listening stations, although 
participants who have pre-registered can listen in on the proceedings 
online from remote locations.
    Although non-emergency issues not identified in the webinar agenda 
may come before the webinar participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during this webinar. 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 webinar participants' intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is 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 webinar date.

    Dated: December 3, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-29495 Filed 12-5-12; 8:45 am]
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