[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45508-45509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18663]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE059


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (workshop).

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council), in 
collaboration with NMFS and NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center 
(SWFSC), will convene a scientific workshop to consider the 
distribution of the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine. The 
workshop is open to the public.

DATES: The workshop will take place August 17-19, 2015. Meeting times 
are Monday, August 17, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, August 18, from 
8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday, August 19, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon or 
until business for the workshop is complete.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the SWFSC Pacific Conference 
Room, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; 
telephone: (503) 820-2409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the workshop is to consider 
scientific information, data, and potential alternative means for 
establishing the Distribution value used in the Pacific sardine harvest 
control rule (HCR). The workshop is not intended as a review of other 
aspects of the HCR, Pacific sardine harvest management, or policy. The 
current Distribution value of 0.87 is intended to account for the fact 
that some portion of the U.S. sardine stock is present and subject to 
harvest outside U.S. waters. It is intended as a long-term average,

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recognizing that the distribution is variable because the sardine stock 
migrates seasonally and interannually.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting 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: July 27, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-18663 Filed 7-29-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P