[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10680-10681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04866]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG085


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 a new method proposed to improve catch 
estimation methods in sparsely sampled mixed stock fisheries. The Catch 
Estimation Methodology Review meeting is open to the public and may be 
streamed online as a ``listen only'' webinar.

DATES: The Catch Estimation Methodology Review meeting will commence at 
8:30 a.m. PDT, Wednesday, March 28, 2018 and continue until 5 p.m. or 
as necessary to complete business for the day. The meeting will 
reconvene on Thursday, March 29, 2018 starting at 8:30 a.m. PDT and 
continuing as necessary to complete business for the day.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The Catch Estimation Methodology Review meeting 
will be held at the NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz 
Laboratory, 110 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060; telephone: (831) 
420-3900 on March 28.
    The meeting will be held at the Center for Ocean Health Library, 
Ocean Health Building, University of California Santa Cruz, 115 
McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 in Room 201 on March 29. The 
Center for Ocean Health Library is next door to the NMFS Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center.
    Although this meeting will be conducted as an in-person meeting, 
there may also be a ``listen-only'' webinar option. To attend the 
``listen-only'' webinar, visit: http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/webinar/join-webinar. Enter the Webinar ID: 942-468-499, and your email 
address (required).
    This is a ``listen only'' broadcast, you may use your computer 
speakers or headset to listen. If you do not have a headset or computer 
speakers, you may use your telephone to listen to the meeting by 
dialing this TOLL number +1 (415) 930-5321 (not a toll-free number); 
enter the phone attendee audio access code: 580-006-830. There will be 
no technical assistance available for the ``listen only'' webinar. If 
there are technical difficulties, the broadcast may end and may not be 
restarted.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384; telephone: (503) 
820-2280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (541) 867-0535; or Mr. John 
DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: 
(503) 820-2413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Catch Estimation 
Methodology Review meeting is to review a proposed method for 
estimating catch of species in sparsely sampled mixed-stock commercial 
groundfish fisheries. The methodology proponents have developed a 
Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate species compositions with 
accurate measures of

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uncertainty of historical catches landed in mixed species assemblages 
or market categories. 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 Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center. Foreign national visitors should contact Ms. Stacey Miller at 
(541) 867-0535 at least 2 weeks prior to the meeting date to initiate 
the security clearance process.

Technical Information and System Requirements

    PC-based attendees: Windows[supreg] 7, Vista, or XP operating 
system required. Mac[supreg]-based attendees: Mac OS[supreg] X 10.5 or 
newer required. Mobile attendees: iPhone[supreg], iPad[supreg], 
AndroidTM phone or Android tablet required (use GoToMeeting 
Webinar Apps).

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
at (503) 820-2411 at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 7, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-04866 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am]
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