[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 12984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05586]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD794


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Nearshore Species' Assessment 
Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
sponsor a nearshore species assessment workshop to evaluate catch data 
and proposed catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) indices for 2015 west coast 
groundfish stock assessments for black rockfish, China rockfish, and 
kelp greenling off Oregon. The Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop is 
open to the public.

DATES: The Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop will commence at 1 
p.m. PT, Tuesday, March 31, 2015 and will continue through 5:30 p.m. or 
as necessary to complete business for the day. The workshop will 
continue on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 and Thursday, April 2, 2015 
beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or as 
necessary to complete business.

ADDRESSES: The Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop will be held at 
the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 
97220; telephone: (503) 281-2500. The workshop will be held in the 
Cascade A/B Room on March 31 and April 1, and will move to the Garden 
A/B Room on April 2.
    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) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Nearshore Species 
Assessment Workshop is to evaluate available catch and effort data 
proposed for developing CPUE indices to inform 2015 groundfish stock 
assessments for black and China rockfish, as well as the population of 
kelp greenling off Oregon. Recommendations regarding the data available 
for use in developing CPUE indices for black rockfish, China rockfish, 
and kelp greenling will be forwarded to Stock Assessment Teams that 
will be conducting the assessments for their consideration in preparing 
these assessments scheduled for formal review later in 2015. Other data 
and approaches to assessing the abundance and productivity of west 
coast black rockfish, China rockfish, and kelp greenling may also be 
discussed at the Nearshore Species Assessment Workshop. No management 
actions will be decided in this workshop.
    Although non-emergency issues not identified in the workshop agenda 
may come before the workshop participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during this workshop. 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 workshop 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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
at (503) 820-2425 at least 5 days prior to the workshop date.

    Dated: March 6, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-05586 Filed 3-11-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P