[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38012-38013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15109]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC734


National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration; Southwest Fisheries Science Center; 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 Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) will hold an 
online Pre-Assessment Workshop webinar to provide an overview of the 
data sources, data trends and population models that will be used in 
the upcoming Pacific coast groundfish stock assessments for Pacific 
sanddab and cowcod (rockfish). The online SWFSC Pre-Assessment Workshop 
webinar is open to the public, although space for online access is 
limited to the first 20 participants.

DATES: The SWFSC Pre-Assessment Workshop webinar will commence at 1 
p.m. PST, Monday, July 15, 2013, and continue until 4 p.m. or as 
necessary to complete business for the day.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific addresses and all 
other necessary information pertaining to the webinar.
    Science Center address: Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Field, NMFS Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (831) 420-3907, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To attend the SWFSC Pre-Assessment webinar, 
please reserve your seat by emailing Dr. John Field 
([email protected]). Once registered, participants will receive a 
confirmation email message that contains detailed information about 
viewing the event and joining the audio conference (toll free number). 
Participants can join the webinar as audio-only, but the total number 
of participants for both the webinar and the audio portions is limited. 
Participants must register at least 5 days prior to the webinar 
meeting.
    System requirements for attending the online webinar are as 
follows: PC-based attendees: Windows[supreg] 2000, XP SP, 2003 
Server, Vista 32-bit/64-bit, Windows[supreg] 7 32-bit/64-bit, 2008 
Server 64-bit; Intel Core2 Duo CPU 2.XX GHz or AMD processor. (2 GB of 
RAM recommended), JavaScript and Cookies enabled, Active X enabled and 
unblocked for Microsoft Internet Explorer (recommended) and Java 6.0 or 
above, Microsoft[supreg] Internet Explorer 6, 7 or 8 (8 is 
recommended), Mozilla Firefox 3.x or 4.0b, Chrome 5, 6, or 7; 
Mac[supreg]-based attendees: Mac OS[supreg] X 10.5 or 10.6; Other 
platforms supported: Linux, Solaris Solaris 10, HP-UX 11.11 and AIX 
5.3; and Mobile attendees: iPhone[supreg] or iPad[supreg] (iOS 3+), 
Android TM (v 2.1+) and Cius devices. If you experience technical 
difficulties connecting to the webinar meeting, it may be helpful to 
try using a different browser if possible.
    Public listening stations for the SWFSC Pre-Assessment Workshop 
webinar will also be available at the following locations:
    1. Conference Room (188), Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060;
    2. Auditorium, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA 98112, 
telephone: (206) 860-3200;
    3. Conference Room 101, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Northwest

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Fisheries Science Center, 2032 SE OSU Drive, Newport, OR 97365, 
telephone: (541) 867-0500;
    4. Large Conference Room, Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 
NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384, telephone: 
(503) 820-2280; and
    5. Pacific meeting room, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 
La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037, telephone: (858) 334-2847.
    To attend the webinar at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center 
listening stations in La Jolla, CA, Santa Cruz, CA, Seattle, WA or 
Newport, OR, members of the general public who are not National Marine 
Fisheries Service employees need to provide photo identification. 
Foreign nationals, where a foreign national is an individual who is not 
a citizen of the United States, not a legal permanent resident (meaning 
not a ``permanent resident alien'' or ``Green Card'' holder), and not a 
``protected individual'' under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), intending to 
attend the webinar at any of the Southwest or Northwest Fisheries 
Science Centers must notify Ms. Stacey Miller, (541) 867-0562, at the 
Northwest Fisheries Science Center at least 2 weeks prior to the 
webinar.
    Public comments during the webinar will be received from attendees 
at one of the public listening stations as well as by participants who 
have pre-registered and are listening from remote locations.
    The specific objectives of the SWFSC Pre-Assessment Workshop 
webinar are to: (1) Present and describe data that may be included in 
the stock assessment modeling for Pacific sanddab and cowcod; (2) 
discuss the interpretation of data given historical and current fishing 
practices and changes in fishing regulations; (3) discuss approaches 
for improving stock assessment modeling efforts; and (4) identify data 
gaps and future research possibilities. No management actions will be 
decided in this workshop.
    All visitors to the National Marine Fisheries Service science 
centers should bring photo identification to the meeting location. 
Visitors who are foreign nationals (defined as a person who is not a 
citizen or national of the United States) will require additional 
security clearance to access the NOAA facilities. Foreign national 
visitors should contact Ms. Stacey Miller at (541) 867-0562 at least 2 
weeks prior to the meeting date to initiate the security clearance 
process.
    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 physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Stacey Miller at 
(541) 867-0562 at least 5 days prior to the webinar date.

    Dated: June 20, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-15109 Filed 6-24-13; 8:45 am]
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