[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26617-26618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10750]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC661
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; Northwest Fisheries Science Center; 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 Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) will hold an
online Pre-Assessment Workshop webinar to provide an overview of the
data sources, data trends and population models that will be used in
the upcoming Pacific coast groundfish stock assessments for rougheye
rockfish, aurora rockfish, shortspine thornyhead and longspine
thornyhead. The online NWFSC Pre-Assessment Workshop webinar is open to
the public, although space for online access is limited to the first 25
participants.
DATES: The NWFSC Pre-Assessment Workshop webinar will commence at 1
p.m. PST, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 and continue until 4 p.m. or as
necessary to complete business for the day.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific addresses and all
other necessary information pertaining to the webinar.
Science Center address: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725
Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (541) 867-0562.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To attend the NWFSC Pre-Assessment webinar,
please reserve your seat by visiting: https://nwfscfram.webex.com/nwfscfram/j.php?ED=19623343&UID=
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95756543&RT=MiM0. If requested, enter your name, email address, and the
webinar id, which is 298 872 886. 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
NWFSC Pre-Assessment Workshop webinar from the U.S. or Canada, call the
toll number 1-650-479-3208 (Note: this is not a toll-free number) and
use the access code 298-872-886 when prompted. To request a toll-free
audio connection, please contact Ms. Stacey Miller, (541) 867-0562, at
least 5 days prior to the webinar meeting.
System requirements for attending the online webinar are as
follows: PC-based attendees: Windows[supreg] 2000, XP SP, 2003
Server, Vista 32-bit/64-bit, Windows[supreg] 7 32-bit/64-bit, 2008
Server 64-bit; Intel Core2 Duo CPU 2.XX GHz or AMD processor. (2 GB of
RAM recommended), JavaScript and Cookies enabled, Active X enabled and
unblocked for Microsoft Internet Explorer (recommended) and Java 6.0 or
above, Microsoft[supreg] Internet Explorer 6, 7 or 8 (8 is
recommended), Mozilla Firefox 3.x or 4.0b, Chrome 5, 6, or 7;
Mac[supreg]-based attendees: Mac OS[supreg] X 10.5 or 10.6; Other
platforms supported: Linux, Solaris Solaris 10, HP-UX 11.11 and AIX
5.3; and Mobile attendees: iPhone[supreg] or iPad[supreg] (iOS 3+),
Android TM (v 2.1+) and Cius devices. If you experience technical
difficulties connecting to the webinar meeting, it may be helpful to
try using a different browser if possible.
Public listening stations for the NWFSC Pre-Assessment Workshop
webinar will also be available at the following locations: (1)
Auditorium, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries
Science Center, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA 98112, Telephone:
(206) 860-3200; (2) Public Meeting Room, Englund Marine & Industrial
Supply, Hamburg Avenue, Astoria, OR 97103, Telephone: (503) 325-4341;
(3) Conference Room 101, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest
Fisheries Science Center, 2032 SE OSU Drive, Newport, OR 97365,
Telephone: (541) 867-0500; (4) Public Meeting Room, Port of Coos Bay,
Charleston Marina RV Park, 63402 Kingfisher Road, Charleston, OR 97420,
Telephone: (541) 888-9512; (5) Meeting Room, Fishermen's Marketing
Association, 1585 Heartwood Drive, Suite E., McKinleyville, CA 95519,
Telephone: (707) 840-0182; and (6) Large Conference Room, Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220-1384, Telephone: (503) 820-2280.
To attend the webinar at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center
listening stations in Seattle, WA or Newport, OR, members of the
general public who are not National Marine Fisheries Service employees
need to provide photo identification. Foreign nationals, where a
foreign national is an individual who is not a citizen of the United
States, not a legal permanent resident (meaning not a ``permanent
resident alien'' or ``Green Card'' holder), and not a ``protected
individual'' under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), intending to attend the
webinar at either of the Northwest Fisheries Science Centers must
notify Ms. Stacey Miller, (541) 867-0562, at the Northwest Fisheries
Science Center at least 2 weeks prior to the webinar.
Public comments during the webinar will be received from attendees
at one of the public listening stations as well as by participants who
have pre-registered and are listening from remote locations.
The specific objectives of the NWFSC Pre-Assessment Workshop
webinar are to: (1) Present and describe data that may be included in
the stock assessment modeling for rougheye rockfish, aurora rockfish,
longspine thornyhead and shortspine thornyhead; (2) discuss the
interpretation of data given historical and current fishing practices
and changes in fishing regulations; (3) discuss approaches for
improving stock assessment modeling efforts; and (4) identify data gaps
and future research possibilities. No management actions will be
decided in this workshop.
All visitors to the National Marine Fisheries Service science
centers should bring photo identification to the meeting location.
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 NOAA facilities. Foreign national
visitors should contact Ms. Stacey Miller at (541) 867-0562 at least 2
weeks prior to the meeting date to initiate the security clearance
process.
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 physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Stacey Miller at
(541) 867-0562 at least 5 days prior to the webinar date.
Dated: May 2, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-10750 Filed 5-6-13; 8:45 am]
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