[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 25672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10435]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD928


Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS and the Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop 
(SAW) will convene the 60th SAW Stock Assessment Review Committee for 
the purpose of reviewing stock assessments of scup and the bluefish. 
The Northeast Regional SAW is a formal scientific peer-review process 
for evaluating and presenting stock assessment results to managers for 
fish stocks in the offshore US waters of the northwest Atlantic. 
Assessments are prepared by SAW working groups and reviewed by an 
independent panel of stock assessment experts called the Stock 
Assessment Review Committee, or SARC. The public is invited to attend 
the presentations and discussions between the review panel and the 
scientists who have participated in the stock assessment process.

DATES: The public portion of the Stock Assessment Review Committee 
Meeting will be held from June 2 through June 5, 2015. The meeting will 
commence on June 2, 2015 at 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Please see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the daily meeting agenda.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the S.H. Clark Conference Room 
in the Aquarium Building of the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), 166 Water Street, Woods 
Hole, MA 02543.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Sheena Steiner, 508-495-2177; email: 
[email protected]; or, James Weinberg, 508-495-2352; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the 
NEFSC Web site at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/. For additional 
information about the SARC meeting and the stock assessment review of 
scup and bluefish, please visit the NMFS/NEFSC SAW Web site at: http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/saw/.

Daily Meeting Agenda--SAW/SARC 60 Benchmark Stock Assessments for Scup 
and Bluefish

Tuesday, June 2

10-10:30 a.m. Welcome, James Weinberg, SAW Chair
    Introductions, Cynthia Jones, SARC Chair
10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Scup Assessment Presentation, Mark Terceiro
3:45-5:45 p.m. Scup SARC Discussion, Cynthia Jones
5:45-6 p.m. Public Comments

Wednesday, June 3

8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bluefish Assessment Presentation, Tony Wood
1:30-3:30 p.m. Bluefish SARC Discussion, Cynthia Jones
3:30-3:45 p.m. Public Comments
4-6 p.m. Revisit Scup Discussion, Cynthia Jones

Thursday, June 4

8:30-10:30 a.m. Revisit Bluefish Discussion, Cynthia Jones
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Review/Edit Scup Assessment Summary Report, 
Cynthia Jones
3-6 p.m. Review/Edit Bluefish Assessment Summary Report, Cynthia Jones

Friday, June 5

9 a.m.-5 p.m. SARC Report Writing, Team

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Special requests should be directed to Sheena Steiner at the NEFSC, 
508-495-2177, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 29, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-10435 Filed 5-4-15; 8:45 am]
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