[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8158-8159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02850]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD113


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene a Pacific Sardine Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meeting 
and a data availability meeting.

DATES: The STAR Panel meeting will be held Monday, March 3 through 
Wednesday, March 5, 2014. That meeting will begin the first day at 8:30 
a.m. and at 8 a.m., each subsequent day. The meeting will conclude each 
day at 5 p.m. or when business for the day has been completed. The data 
availability meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and

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conclude at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in the Pacific Conference Room of 
the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., 
La Jolla, CA 92037-1508.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
review a full stock assessment for Pacific sardine. The last full stock 
assessment was in 2011, with updates completed in 2012 and 2013. The 
review panel will consist of two members of the Pacific Council's 
Scientific and Statistical Committee's Subcommittee on Coastal Pelagic 
Species (CPS), plus two independent experts. The Pacific Council will 
use the 2014 assessment to establish Pacific sardine fishery management 
measures and harvest specifications for the 2014-15 fishing year, 
beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015. Representatives of the 
Pacific Council's CPS Management Team and the CPS Advisory Subpanel 
will also attend the meeting.
    The purpose of the data availability meeting is to identify likely 
sources of fisheries data and surveys that can potentially be used in 
future assessments for Pacific sardine, Pacific mackerel, northern 
anchovy, and jack mackerel.
    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 panel'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: February 5, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-02850 Filed 2-10-14; 8:45 am]
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