[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39984-39985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17821]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE117


Groundfish Operational Assessment Public Meeting

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 a peer review of Operational Stock Assessments of 
twenty fish stocks. These stocks are managed by the New England Fishery 
Management Council and are included within the Northeast Multispecies 
Fishery Management Plan. This will be a formal, scientific peer review 
of operational assessments, which incorporate recent data. Results of 
the review will be used as a basis for management decisions for fish 
stocks in U.S. waters of the northwest Atlantic. Assessments are 
prepared by stock assessment scientists primarily from the Northeast 
Fisheries Science Center and reviewed by a panel of stock assessment 
experts. The public is invited to attend the presentations and 
discussions by reviewers and scientists who have participated in the 
stock assessment process.

DATES: The public portion of the Stock Assessment Review Committee 
Meeting will be held from September 11, 2017, through September 15, 
2017. The meeting will commence on September 11, 2017, at 9 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

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Weinberg, 508-495-2352; email: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the 
NEFSC Web site at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/.

Daily Meeting Agenda--Operational Assessments for 20 Groundfish Stocks 
*

Monday, September 11

9 a.m.-6 p.m.
    Cod and Haddock stocks (Population Dynamics Branch)

Tuesday, September 12

9 a.m.-6 p.m.
    Flounder stocks (Population Dynamics Branch)

Wednesday, September 13

9 a.m.-6 p.m.
    Remaining Stocks (Population Dynamics)

Thursday, September 14

9 a.m-12 p.m.
    Remaining Stocks (Population Dynamics)
12 p.m.-6 p.m.
    Discussion/Public Comment (Panel/Leads)

Friday, September 15

9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Review of Species Summaries (Panel/Leads)
4 p.m.
    Adjourn

* Subject to Change

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: August 18, 2017.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-17821 Filed 8-22-17; 8:45 am]
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