[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8920-8921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02104]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF192


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene a Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meeting to review the 
Pacific sardine stock assessment.

DATES: The STAR Panel meeting will be held Tuesday, February 21 through 
Friday February 24, 2017. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. on the 
first day, and at 8 a.m. each subsequent day. The meeting will conclude 
each day at 5 p.m. or when business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Pacific Conference Room of 
the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., 
La Jolla, CA 92037-1508.

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    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 meeting is to 
review the 2017 stock assessment for Pacific sardine. The review panel 
will consist of three members of the Pacific Council's Scientific and 
Statistical Committee's Subcommittee on Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS), 
and two independent experts. The Pacific Council will use the 2017 
assessment to establish Pacific sardine fishery management measures and 
harvest specifications for the 2017-18 fishing year. The Pacific 
sardine fishing year begins July 1 and ends the following June 30 each 
year. Representatives of the Council's CPS Management Team and the CPS 
Advisory Subpanel will also participate in the review, as advisers.
    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's intent to take final action to address 
the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Dale Sweetnam, (858) 546-7170, at least 10 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 27, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-02104 Filed 1-31-17; 8:45 am]
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