[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 1722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00060]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF135


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) is 
sponsoring a meeting to review new methods proposed to be used in 
groundfish stock assessments. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Groundfish Assessment Methodology Review Meeting will 
commence at 8:30 a.m. PST, Wednesday, January 25, 2017, and continue 
until 5 p.m. or as necessary to complete business for the day. The 
meeting will reconvene on Thursday, January 26, 2017, starting at 8:30 
a.m. PST and continue as necessary to complete business for the day.

ADDRESSES: On January 25, 2017, the Groundfish Assessment Methodology 
Review Meeting will be held in the auditorium at the NMFS Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Boulevard E, Seattle, WA 98112; 
telephone: (206) 860-3200. On January 26, 2017, the meeting will be 
held in the Heritage Room at the Seattle Yacht Club, 1807 East Hamlin 
Street, Seattle, WA 98112; telephone: (206) 325-1000. The Seattle Yacht 
Club is next door to the NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center.
    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 Groundfish Assessment 
Methodology Review Meeting is to review proposed methods for groundfish 
stock assessment. The specific methodologies to be reviewed are:
     Use of the Dirichlet multinomial likelihood for 
compositional data;
     Application of the Generalized Linear Mixed Model (GLMM) 
with spatial autocorrelation to survey data;
     Application of the GLMM with spatial autocorrelation to 
fishery catch per unit effort data;
     Revised set of priors for natural mortality;
     Revised prior for steepness; and
     New features in the revised Stock Synthesis software.
    Public comments during the meeting will be received from attendees 
at the discretion of the chair.
    Although non-emergency issues not identified in the meeting agenda 
may come before the meeting participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Formal 
action at the meeting 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 meeting participants' intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.
    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 NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science 
Center. Foreign national visitors should contact Ms. Stacey Miller at 
(541) 867-0535 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 ten days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 3, 2017.
 Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-00060 Filed 1-5-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P