[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 235 (Thursday, December 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72828-72829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29495]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC383
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting/Online Webinar
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of online webinar.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will
hold an online webinar to develop alternatives for determining the
status of groundfish stocks based on results of data-moderate
assessments. The online Groundfish Status Determination Criteria for
Data-Moderate Stocks webinar is open to the public, although space for
online access is limited to the first 100 participants.
DATES: The Groundfish Status Determination Criteria for Data-Moderate
Stocks webinar will commence at 9 a.m. PST, Friday, December 21, 2012
and continue until noon or as necessary to complete business for the
day.
ADDRESSES: To attend the Groundfish Status Determination Criteria for
Data-Moderate Stocks webinar, please reserve your seat by visiting
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/260816698. If requested, enter
your name, email address, and the webinar id, which is 260-816-698.
Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email message
that contains detailed information about viewing the event. To only
join the audio teleconference of the Groundfish Status Determination
Criteria for Data-Moderate Stocks webinar from the U.S. or Canada, call
the toll number 1-415-655-0051 (note: this is not a toll-free number)
and use the access code 260-374-057 when prompted.
System requirements for attending the online webinar are as
follows:
PC-based attendees: Windows[reg] 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server;
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Mac[reg]-based attendees: Mac OS[reg] X 10.5 or newer; and
Mobile attendees: iPhone[reg], iPad[reg], Android \TM\ phone or
Android tablet.
Public listening stations for the Groundfish Status Determination
Criteria for Data-Moderate Stocks webinar will also be available at the
following locations:
1. Large conference room (room 188), NMFS Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, 110 Shaffer Rd., Santa Cruz, CA 95060;
2. Large conference room, Pacific Council office, 7700 NE.
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384; and
3. Auditorium, NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725
Montlake Blvd. E., Seattle, WA 98112.
Council address: 7700 NE. Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR
97220-1384; telephone: (503) 820-2280.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Groundfish Status
Determination Criteria for Data-Moderate Stocks webinar is to develop
alternative status determination criteria for stocks that are assessed
using new data-moderate methods adopted last year for use in the 2013
assessment cycle. No management actions will be decided in this
workshop. Any recommendations developed at the workshop will be
submitted for consideration by the Pacific Council at its March 2013
meeting in Tacoma, WA.
Members of the general public who are not NMFS employees need to
provide photo identification to attend the webinar at the Northwest
Fisheries Science Center. Foreign nationals without green cards
intending to attend the webinar at the Northwest Fisheries Science
Center must notify Dr. Jim Hastie, (206) 860-3412, at the Northwest
Fisheries Science Center at least one week prior to the webinar.
Public comments during the webinar will only be received from
attendees at one of the three public listening stations, although
participants who have pre-registered can listen in on the proceedings
online from remote locations.
Although non-emergency issues not identified in the webinar agenda
may come before the webinar participants for discussion, those issues
may not be the subject of formal action during this webinar. Formal
action at the workshop 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 webinar participants' intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests
for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be
directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least 5 days
prior to the webinar date.
Dated: December 3, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-29495 Filed 12-5-12; 8:45 am]
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