[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15183-15185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07448]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG965


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene four Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panels this year to

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review new stock assessments for cabezon, big skate, longnose skate, 
sablefish, cowcod, and gopher/black-and-yellow rockfish (it is 
anticipated this will be a single assessment of gopher rockfish and 
black-and-yellow rockfish in combination). These STAR Panel meetings 
are open to the public. The STAR Panel meetings will also be streamed 
online in ``listen-only'' mode for those who want to follow the 
proceedings remotely.

DATES: The STAR Panel meeting (STAR Panel 1) to review new assessments 
for cabezon will be held Monday, May 6, 2019 through Friday, May 10, 
2019, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and ending at 
5:30 p.m. each day, or when business for the day has been completed.
    The STAR Panel meeting (STAR Panel 2) to review new assessments for 
big skate and longnose skate will be held Monday, June 3, 2019 through 
Friday, June 7, 2019, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. 
each day, or when business for the day has been completed.
    The STAR Panel meeting (STAR Panel 3) to review a new assessment 
for sablefish will be held Monday, July 8, 2019 through Friday, July 
12, 2019, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or 
when business for the day has been completed.
    The STAR Panel meeting (STAR Panel 4) to review new assessments for 
cowcod and gopher/black-and-yellow rockfish will be held Monday, July 
22, 2019 through Friday, July 26, 2019, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and 
ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or when business for the day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The STAR Panel for cabezon (STAR Panel 1) will be held at 
the National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science 
Center, Newport Research Station, 2032 SE OSU Drive, Building 955, 
Newport, OR 97365; telephone: (541) 867-0500.
    The STAR Panel for big skate and longnose skate (STAR Panel 2) will 
be held in the Auditorium at the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Boulevard E, Seattle, 
WA 98112; telephone: (206) 860-3200 on Monday, June 3 through 
Wednesday, June 5. The STAR Panel will meet in the Fireside Lounge Room 
at the Seattle Yacht Club, 1807 E Hamlin St., Seattle, WA 98112; 
telephone: (206) 325-1000 on Thursday, June 6. The STAR Panel will 
reconvene on Friday, June 7 in the Auditorium at the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center.
    The STAR Panel for sablefish (STAR Panel 3) will be held in the 
Auditorium at the National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Boulevard E, Seattle, WA 98112; 
telephone: (206) 860-3200.
    The STAR Panel for cowcod and gopher/black-and-yellow rockfish 
(STAR Panel 4) will be held at the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz Laboratory, 110 
McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060; telephone: (831) 420-3900.
    To attend the webinar for STAR Panel 1, visit: https://nwfscfram.webex.com/nwfscfram. Enter the Webinar Access Code, which is 
628-714-189, and your name and email address (required). After logging 
into the webinar, dial the TOLL number (not a toll-free number) 1-650-
479-3208; you must use your telephone for the audio portion of the 
meeting.

    Note: We have disabled Mic/Speakers as an option and require all 
participants to use a telephone or cell phone to participate.

    To attend the webinar for STAR Panel 2, visit: https://nwfscfram.webex.com/nwfscfram. Enter the Webinar Access Code, which is 
626-965-054, and your name and email address (required). After logging 
into the webinar, dial the TOLL number (not a toll-free number) 1-650-
479-3208; you must use your telephone for the audio portion of the 
meeting.

    Note: We have disabled Mic/Speakers as an option and require all 
participants to use a telephone or cell phone to participate.

    To attend the webinar for STAR Panel 3, visit: https://nwfscfram.webex.com/nwfscfram. Enter the Webinar Access Code, which is 
623-016-027, and your name and email address (required). After logging 
into the webinar, dial the TOLL number (not a toll-free number) 1-650-
479-3208; you must use your telephone for the audio portion of the 
meeting.

    Note: We have disabled Mic/Speakers as an option and require all 
participants to use a telephone or cell phone to participate.

    To attend the webinar for STAR Panel 4, visit: https://swfsc.webex.com/swfsc. Enter the Webinar Access Code, which is 991-779-
038, and your name and email address (required) and the meeting 
password, which is vp6bswqr. After logging into the webinar, dial the 
TOLL number (not a toll-free number) 1-415-655-0002; you must use your 
telephone for the audio portion of the meeting.

    Note: We have disabled Mic/Speakers as an option and require all 
participants to use a telephone or cell phone to participate.

    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

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 STAR Panels is to review 
draft 2019 stock assessment documents and any other pertinent 
information for new benchmark stock assessments for cabezon, big skate, 
longnose skate, sablefish, cowcod, and gopher/black-and-yellow 
rockfish; work with the Stock Assessment Teams to make necessary 
revisions; and produce STAR Panel reports for use by the Pacific 
Council family and other interested persons for developing management 
recommendations for fisheries in 2021 and beyond. No management actions 
will be decided by the STAR Panels. The STAR Panel participants' role 
will be development of recommendations and reports for consideration by 
the Pacific Council at its September meeting in Boise, ID.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during these meetings. Action 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 intent of the STAR Panels 
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 and Southwest Fisheries 
Science Centers. 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.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt, (503) 820-
2280, at least 10 days prior to the meeting date.


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    Dated: April 10, 2019.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-07448 Filed 4-12-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P