[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4131-4132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01051]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC450


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 (Pacific Council) will 
convene a workshop to examine possibilities to improve management 
strategy concepts and elements currently in use for the Pacific sardine 
fishery.

DATES: The meeting will be held February 5-8, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, in the Edward W. ``Ted'' Scripps II Room of the Seaside 
Forum, 8610 Kennel Way, La Jolla, CA.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; 
telephone: (503) 820-2280.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The objectives of the workshop are as 
follows:
    1. Evaluate the current management strategy with regard to the 
biological risk to sardine stocks. This approach includes reviewing and 
refining the mathematical specifications to develop a risk assessment 
projection model that could be used to evaluate different Fmsy proxies 
and trade-offs achieved by different parameterizations of appropriate 
harvest control rule elements.
    2. Consider the possibility of new predictive relationships between 
sardine recruitment success and environmental parameters, and consider 
the proportion of the stock that occurs in U.S. waters under varying 
oceanographic regimes.
    3. Review information on California Current ecosystem models and 
consider elements that would form the basis for a management strategy 
evaluation (MSE), and develop an initial plan for a process and 
schedule for a full MSE.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group 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 CPSMT's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This listening station is physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Dale Sweetnam (858) 546-7170, 
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 15, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-01051 Filed 1-17-13; 8:45 am]
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