[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19966-19967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08471]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD861


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Stock Assessment Review Panels (STAR Panels) will hold 
work sessions to review stock assessments for canary rockfish and 
darkblotched rockfish; bocaccio and China rockfish; black rockfish; and 
widow rockfish and kelp greenling, all of which are open to the public.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times of 
the STAR Panel meetings.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific locations of the 
STAR Panel meetings.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific 
Council), 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jim Hastie, NMFS Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (206) 860-3412; or Mr. John 
DeVore, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The dates of the meetings are as follows:
    The STAR Panel for canary rockfish and darkblotched rockfish 
assessments will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m., Monday, April 27, 2015 
and end at 5:30 p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day. 
The Panel will reconvene on Tuesday, April 28, and will continue 
through Friday, May 1, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. 
each day, or as necessary to complete business. The Panel will adjourn 
on Friday, May 1.
    The STAR Panel for bocaccio and China rockfish stock assessments 
will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m., Monday, July 6, 2015 and end at 
5:30 p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day. The Panel 
will reconvene on Tuesday, July 7 and will continue through Friday, 
July 10, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or as 
necessary to complete business. The Panel will adjourn on Friday, July 
10.
    The STAR Panel for the black rockfish stock assessments will be 
held beginning at 8:30 a.m., Monday, July 20, 2015 and end at 5:30 p.m. 
or as necessary to complete business for the day. The Panel will 
reconvene on Tuesday, July 21 and will continue through Friday, July 
24, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or as 
necessary to complete business. The Panel will adjourn on Friday, July 
24.
    The STAR Panel for the widow rockfish and kelp greenling stock 
assessments will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m., Monday, July 27, 2015 
and end at 5:30 p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day. 
The Panel will reconvene on Tuesday, July 28, and will continue through 
Friday, July 31, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and

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ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or as necessary to complete business. The 
Panel will adjourn on Friday, July 31.
    The locations of the meetings are as follows:
    The STAR Panel for canary rockfish and darkblotched rockfish will 
be held the Hotel Deca, 4507 Brooklyn Avenue NE., Seattle, WA 98105; 
telephone: (206) 634-2000.
    The STAR Panel for the bocaccio and China rockfish stock 
assessments will be held at the NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center, Santa Cruz Laboratory, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060; 
telephone: (831) 420-3900.
    The STAR Panels for the black rockfish stock assessments and the 
widow rockfish and kelp greenling stock assessments will be held at the 
NMFS, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Newport Research Station, 
2032 SE OSU Drive, Building 955, Newport, OR 97365; telephone: (541) 
867-0500.
    The purpose of the STAR Panels is to review draft 2015 stock 
assessment documents and any other pertinent information for new 
benchmark stock assessments for canary rockfish, darkblotched rockfish, 
bocaccio, China rockfish, black rockfish, widow rockfish, and kelp 
greenling; work with the Stock Assessment Teams to make necessary 
revisions; and produce STAR Panel reports for use by the Pacific 
Council and other interested persons for developing management 
recommendations for fisheries in 2017 and beyond. No management actions 
will be decided by the STAR Panels. The Panel's role will be 
development of recommendations and reports for consideration by the 
Pacific Council at its June meeting in Spokane, WA and its September 
meeting in Sacramento, CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the STAR Panels participants for discussion, those 
issues may not be the subject of formal STAR Panel action during these 
meetings. 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 Dr. Jim 
Hastie at (206) 860-3412 at least 2 weeks prior to the meeting date to 
initiate the security clearance process.

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

    Dated: April 8, 2015.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-08471 Filed 4-13-15; 8:45 am]
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