[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 150 (Thursday, August 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 47155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19811]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA614
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of peer review meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS has requested the Center for Independent Experts (CIE) to
conduct a peer review of the agency's economic data collection program
for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands crab fisheries managed under the
BSAI Crab Rationalization program. The CIE, operated by Northern Taiga
Ventures, Inc., provides independent peer reviews of NMFS's fisheries
stock assessments and other science products. The BSAI Crab Economic
Data Report (EDR) program administered by NMFS began collecting cost,
earnings and employment data in 2005, concurrently with the transition
of BSAI crab fisheries to the rationalized management regime. The
program was developed under the direction of the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council). The CIE review will examine the
scientific methods and practices employed by NMFS in the design and
administration of the EDR program and dissemination of results, assess
whether the data and information produced represent the best available
science, and provide recommendations for methodological improvements to
achieve best scientific practices in economic data collection and
analysis of BSAI crab fisheries. The public is invited to attend and
observe the presentations and discussions between the CIE panel and the
NMFS scientists and contractors who have administered the data
collection.
DATES: The public portion of the meeting will be held August 23-24,
2011, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific standard time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Observer Training Room,
Building 4 of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries
Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA 98115.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Garber-Yonts, 206-526-7143 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information about this meeting
and the CIE Review of the BSAI crab EDR program, please visit the
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Web site at http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/.
For further information on the Crab Rationalization Program, please
visit the NMFS Alaska Region Web site at http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for special accommodations should be directed to Brian Garber-
Yonts (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 5 working days
before the workshop date.
Dated: August 1, 2011.
Margo Schulze-Haugen,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-19811 Filed 8-3-11; 8:45 am]
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