9898 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 2012 / Notices 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

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 

Kathy Pereira at the Council (see 

ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior 

to the meeting. 

Dated: February 15, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB021 

North 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. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) Golden 

King Crab Price Formula Committee is 

meeting in Seattle, WA. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 8, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Fishermen’s Terminal, Norby 

Conference Room, 3919 18th Avenue 

West, Seattle, WA 98199; telephone: 

(206) 787–3395. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Fina, Council staff; telephone: 

(907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee is meeting concerning the 

arbitration system that is part of the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab 

rationalization program. The Committee 

will give specific attention to the 

development of the price formula for 

golden king crab under the arbitration 

system. Additional information is 

posted on the Council Web site: http:// 

www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. 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 Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail 

Bendixen at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 

working days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 15, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

RIN 0648–XB020 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will convene three 

Web based meetings of the ABC Control 

Rule Working Group. 

DATES: The first Webinar meeting will 

convene on Thursday, March 8, 2012. 

The second Webinar meeting will 

convene on Thursday, March 15, 2012. 

The third Webinar meeting will convene 

on Thursday, March 22, 2012. Each 

Webinar will begin at 12 noon eastern 

time and is expected end by 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Webinars will be 

accessible via Internet. Please go to the 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council’s Web site at 

www.gulfcouncil.org for instructions. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 

Lois Avenue Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 

33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 

Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (813) 

348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ABC 

Control Rule Working Group will meet 

to discuss potential revisions to the 

acceptable biological catch (ABC) 

control rule that was recently 

implemented as part of the Council’s 

Generic Annual Catch Limits/ 

Accountability Measures Amendment. 

While all areas of the control rule will 

be subject to review, particular attention 

will be given to whether the P-star 

approach used to determine ABC in Tier 

1 of the control rule realistically 

captures scientific uncertainty, and 

possible revisions to the Tier 2 method 

for data poor stocks. Recommendations 

from the Working Group will be 

presented to the Scientific and 

Statistical Committee when it meets in 

late March. 

Copies of the agenda and other related 

materials can be obtained by calling 

(813) 348–1630. Materials will also be 

available to download from the ABC 

Control Rule Working Group folder of 

the Council’s FTP site, which is 

accessible from the Quick Links section 

of the Council Web site (http:// 

www.gulfcouncil.org). 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

ABC Control Rule Working Group for 

discussion, in accordance with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal action during these meetings. 

Actions of the Working Group will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in the agenda 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 Council’s intent to take 

action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These Webinars are accessible to 

people with disabilities. For assistance 

with any of our Webinars contact Kathy 

Pereira at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 

least 5 working days prior to the 

Webinar. 

Dated: February 15, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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