[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26012-26013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12058]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG233


Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop and Stock Assessment 
Review Committee 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 the 65th SAW Stock Assessment Review Committee for 
the purpose of reviewing stock assessments of Sea Scallop and Atlantic 
Herring. The Northeast Regional SAW is a formal scientific peer-review 
process for evaluating and presenting stock assessment results to 
managers for fish stocks in the offshore U.S. waters of the northwest 
Atlantic. Assessments are prepared by SAW working groups and reviewed 
by an independent panel of stock assessment experts called the Stock 
Assessment Review Committee, or SARC. The public is invited to attend 
the presentations and discussions between the review panel and the 
scientists who have participated in the stock assessment process.

DATES: The public portion of the Stock Assessment Review Committee 
Meeting will be held from June 26, 2018--June 29, 2018. The meeting 
will commence on June 26, 2018 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard 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: James Weinberg, 508-495-2352; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the 
NEFSC website at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov. For additional information 
about the SARC meeting and the stock assessment review, please visit 
the NMFS/NEFSC SAW web page at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/saw/.

Daily Meeting Agenda--SAW/SARC 65 Benchmark Stock Assessment for Sea 
Scallop and Atlantic Herring (Subject to Change; All times are 
approximate and may be changed at the discretion of the SARC Chair).

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

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10 a.m.-10:30 a.m...............  Welcome             James Weinberg,
                                   Introductions.      SAW Chair; and
                                                       SARC Chair (TBD).
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m............  Scallop Assessment  Dvora Hart.
                                   Presentation.
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.............  Lunch.              ..................
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m..............  Scallop             Dvora Hart.
                                   Presentation
                                   (cont.).
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m..............  Break               ..................
3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m..............  Scallop SARC        TBD, SARC Chair.
                                   Discussion.
5:45 p.m.-6 p.m.................  Public Comment      ..................
                                   Period.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

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8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.............  Herring Assessment  Jon Deroba.
                                   Presentation.
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m............  Break.              ..................
10:45 a.m.-12:30 a.m............  Herring             Jon Deroba.
                                   presentation
                                   (cont.).
12:30-1:30 p.m..................  Lunch.              ..................
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m..............  Herring SARC        ..................
                                   Discussion.
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m..............  Public comments.    ..................
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m.................  Break.              ..................
4 p.m.-6 p.m....................  Revisit with        ..................
                                   Presenters
                                   (Scallop).
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Thursday, June 28, 2018

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8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.............  Revisit with        ..................
                                   Presenters
                                   (Herring).
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m............  Break.              ..................

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10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m............  Review/Edit         ..................
                                   Assessment
                                   Summary Report
                                   (Scallop).
12:15-1:15 p.m..................  Lunch.              ..................
1:15 p.m. -2:45 p.m.............  Review/Edit         ..................
                                   Assessment
                                   Summary Report
                                   (Scallop).
2:45 p.m.-3 p.m.................  Break.              ..................
3 p.m.-6 p.m....................  Review/Edit         ..................
                                   Assessment
                                   Summary Report
                                   (Herring).
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Friday, June 29, 2018

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9 a.m.-5 p.m....................  SARC Report         ..................
                                   Writing.
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    The meeting is open to the public; however, during the `SARC Report 
Writing' session on Friday June 29th the public should not engage in 
discussion with the SARC.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Special requests should be directed to James Weinberg at the NEFSC, 
508-495-2352, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: May 31, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-12058 Filed 6-4-18; 8:45 am]
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