[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20623-20624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08128]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE549
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and
the NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) will convene a
workshop to develop methods for conducting stock assessments of short-
lived coastal pelagic species (CPS) on the U.S. West Coast. The meeting
is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, May 2, 2016 through Thursday,
May 5, 2016. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. the first day, and at 8
a.m. each subsequent day, Pacific Standard Time. The meeting will
conclude at 5 p.m. each day, or when business for the day has been
completed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Southwest Fisheries Science
Center Pacific Room, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE.
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 820-
2280.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer;
telephone: (503) 820-2409.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the workshop is to
develop methods for conducting stock assessments of short-lived CPS on
the U.S. West Coast, with an emphasis on the central subpopulation of
northern anchovy. The workshop will include a discussion of how stock
assessments and/or single point biomass estimates can be used in
management. The intent is to provide recommendations to the SWFSC for
use in conducting CPS stock assessments, especially for data-limited
stocks.
Special Accommodations
Note: All foreign nationals must complete the Foreign National
Registration form at https://docs.google.com/a/noaa.gov/forms/d/13wQaOZ_YcMV21b7aLYnh-WWkmpNYrYJhmDiJDIbnNOA/viewform?c=0&w=1 no later
than two weeks prior to the meeting. Forms are
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also available by contacting Mr. Dale Sweetnam
([email protected]). Foreign nationals will not be allowed on the
premises unless they have been cleared prior to arrival.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Dale Sweetnam (858) 546-7170 at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: April 5, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-08128 Filed 4-7-16; 8:45 am]
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