[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18534-18535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7913]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA344


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

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ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The review panel (Panel) for assessment methods for data-poor 
species will hold a work session that is open to the public.

DATES: The Review of Assessment Methods for Data-Poor Species will be 
held beginning at 8 a.m., Monday, April 25, 2011 and end at 5:30 p.m. 
or as necessary to complete business for the day. The Panel will 
reconvene on Tuesday, April 26 and will continue through Friday, April 
29, 2011 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. each day, or as 
necessary to complete business. The Panel will adjourn on Friday, April 
29, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The Review of Assessment Methods for Data-Poor Species will 
be held at the Santa Cruz Laboratory of the NMFS Southwest Fisheries 
Science Center, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060; telephone: 
(831) 420-3900.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific 
Council), 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (541) 961-8475; or Mr. John 
DeVore, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Review of Assessment 
Methods for Data-Poor Species is to review assessment methods for use 
on data-poor or data-limited stocks in the Pacific Council's Groundfish 
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and provide a list of endorsed methods to 
the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Stock assessment methods 
including Depletion-Corrected Average Catch (DCAC) and Depletion-Based 
Stock Reduction Analysis (DB-SRA) will be reviewed at the meeting. 
Several developments of these methods have been proposed, which could 
raise stocks from Category 3 (catch-based only) to Category 2 in the 
Groundfish FMP tier system. Category 2 stocks are those where a basic 
assessment model is fit to trend information.
    No management actions will be decided by the Panel. The Panel's 
role will be development of recommendations and reports for 
consideration by the Pacific Council at its June meeting in Spokane, 
WA.
    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 Review 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.

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. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least 
5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 30, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-7913 Filed 4-1-11; 8:45 am]
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