[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 46325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18297]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC785


Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council); Public 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public teleconference.

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SUMMARY: The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Council's 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will convene a 
teleconference, which is open to the public. To attend the SSC 
Groundfish Subcommittee teleconference, participants need to dial the 
following toll-free number and, when requested, the access code for the 
teleconference: telephone: (866) 781-8576; Access code: 67358852

DATES: The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee teleconference will be held 
beginning at 10:30 a.m., Friday, August 16, 2013 and end at 12 p.m. or 
as necessary to complete business for the day.

ADDRESSES: Does not apply. No listening stations are specified for the 
SSC Groundfish Subcommittee teleconference.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee teleconference is to discuss analytical approaches for a 
meta-analysis of elasmobranch harvest rates designed to determine a 
reasonable proxy harvest rate designed to achieve maximum sustainable 
yield (FMSY) for elasmobranchs managed in the Pacific Coast 
Fishery Management Plan. No management actions will be decided by the 
SSC Groundfish Subcommittee. The Subcommittee's role will be 
development of analyses used to inform proxy FMSY harvest 
rates for consideration by the Pacific Council's SSC at its September 
meeting in Boise, ID. Any proxy FMSY harvest rates 
recommended for managing elasmobranchs will inform Pacific Council 
decisions for harvest specifications to be implemented in 2015 and 
beyond.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the teleconference 
agenda may come before the Subcommittee participants for discussion, 
those issues may not be the subject of formal SSC Groundfish 
Subcommittee action during this meeting. Subcommittee 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 Subpanel 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 teleconference date.

    Dated: July 25, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-18297 Filed 7-30-13; 8:45 am]
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