[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 32918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13377]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RIN 0648-XD324]
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Atlantis California Current Ecosystem Model will be
reviewed by a panel composed of representatives from the Pacific
Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Scientific and
Statistical Committee, the Center for Independent Experts, and NMFS.
The review session is open to the public.
DATES: The review session will begin at 9 a.m. each day, from Monday,
June 30 to Wednesday, July 2, 2014, and continue each day until
business is concluded.
ADDRESSES: The review session will be held at the NOAA Northwest
Fisheries Science Center Auditorium, 2725 Montlake Blvd. E., Seattle,
WA 98112; telephone: (206) 860-3200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the session is to evaluate
the strengths, weaknesses, appropriate uses, and potential areas of
improvement for the Atlantis model with respect to the Pacific
Council's management needs, in the context of ecosystem-based
management. Reviewers will be asked to comment on the technical merits
and/or deficiencies of the methodology and make recommendations for
remedies. The review will follow the Methodology Review Process
established by the Pacific Council, and Terms of Reference developed
for this review.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may come before the panel participants for discussion, those issues may
not be the subject of formal panel action during this meeting. Panel
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 panel participants' intent to take final action to
address the emergency.
All visitors to the NMFS 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 Jim
Herkelrath at (206) 860-6798 at least two weeks prior to the meeting
date to initiate the security clearance process.
Special Accommodations
This session is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2425 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: June 4, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-13377 Filed 6-6-14; 8:45 am]
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