[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70101-70102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24454]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE945


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of a public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) is 
sponsoring a workshop to review methods used to reconstruct historical 
groundfish catches off Washington, Oregon, and California. The workshop 
is open to the public.

DATES: The Historical Catch Reconstruction Workshop will commence at 1 
p.m. PST, Tuesday, November 1, 2016 and continue until 5:30 p.m. or as 
necessary to complete business for the day. The workshop will reconvene 
on Wednesday, November 2 and Thursday, November 3, starting at 8:30 
a.m. PST each day and continuing as necessary to complete business for 
the day.

ADDRESSES: The Historical Catch Reconstruction Workshop will be held at 
the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Garden A-B Room, 8235 NE Airport 
Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 281-2500.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384; telephone: (503) 
820-2280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Historical Catch 
Reconstruction Workshop is to review proposed methods for 
reconstructing the historical catches of groundfish off Washington, 
Oregon, and California. Data stewards and others who are familiar with 
catch accounting systems will participate in the workshop. Recommended 
methods for reconstructing historical groundfish catches will be made 
available for use in groundfish stock assessments in 2017 and beyond. 
Public comments during the workshop will be received from attendees at 
the discretion of the chair.
    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

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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 10 days prior to the workshop date.

    Dated: October 5, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-24454 Filed 10-7-16; 8:45 am]
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