[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 32918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13377]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RIN 0648-XD324]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Atlantis California Current Ecosystem Model will be 
reviewed by a panel composed of representatives from the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Scientific and 
Statistical Committee, the Center for Independent Experts, and NMFS. 
The review session is open to the public.

DATES: The review session will begin at 9 a.m. each day, from Monday, 
June 30 to Wednesday, July 2, 2014, and continue each day until 
business is concluded.

ADDRESSES: The review session will be held at the NOAA Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center Auditorium, 2725 Montlake Blvd. E., Seattle, 
WA 98112; telephone: (206) 860-3200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the session is to evaluate 
the strengths, weaknesses, appropriate uses, and potential areas of 
improvement for the Atlantis model with respect to the Pacific 
Council's management needs, in the context of ecosystem-based 
management. Reviewers will be asked to comment on the technical merits 
and/or deficiencies of the methodology and make recommendations for 
remedies. The review will follow the Methodology Review Process 
established by the Pacific Council, and Terms of Reference developed 
for this review.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the panel participants for discussion, those issues may 
not be the subject of formal panel action during this meeting. Panel 
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 participants' intent to take final action to 
address the emergency.
    All visitors to the NMFS 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 Jim 
Herkelrath at (206) 860-6798 at least two weeks prior to the meeting 
date to initiate the security clearance process.

Special Accommodations

    This session 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) 820-2425 at least 
5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: June 4, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-13377 Filed 6-6-14; 8:45 am]
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