[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 219 (Monday, November 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 79460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27301]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF020


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 model productivity in 
stock assessments. The workshop is open to the public.

DATES: The Productivity Workshop will commence at 9 a.m. PST, Tuesday, 
December 6, 2016 and continue until 5 p.m. or as necessary to complete 
business for the day. The workshop will reconvene on Wednesday, 
December 7 and Thursday, December 8, starting at 9 a.m. PST each day 
and continuing as necessary to complete business for the day.

ADDRESSES: The Productivity Workshop will be held at the National 
Marine Fishery Service Western Regional Center's Sand Point facility, 
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 
98115; telephone: (206) 526-4000. The meeting will be held in Building 
4, Traynor Room 2076.
    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 Productivity Workshop is 
to review proposed methods for modeling stock productivity in 
assessments for groundfish and coastal pelagic species. 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 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.
    All visitors to the National Marine Fisheries Service Western 
Regional Center's Sand Point facility should bring one of the following 
forms of identification:

 Enhanced Driver's License from the states of Washington, 
Minnesota, or New York
 U.S. Passport
 U.S. Passport Card
 U.S. Department of Defense CAC
 U.S. Federal agency HSPD-12 compliant ID cards
 U.S. Veterans ID
 U.S. Military Dependent's ID Card
 U.S. Trusted Traveler Card--Global Entry, SENTRI, or NEXUS
 U.S. Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC)
 State issued Real ID Compliant Driver's Licenses and 
Identification Cards

    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 Western Regional Center's Sand Point 
facility. Foreign national visitors should contact Dr. Martin Dorn at 
(206) 526-6548 at least two 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 auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
at (503) 820-2425 at least 10 working days prior to the workshop date.

    Dated: November 8, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-27301 Filed 11-10-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P