15722 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 52 / Friday, March 16, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB082 

Southern California Hook and Line 

Survey; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries 

Science Center (NWFSC) will hold a 

peer review meeting to evaluate the 

Southern California Shelf Rockfish 

Hook and Line Survey which was 

designed to collect fishery-independent 

data for use in the stock assessments of 

groundfish associated with rocky 

habitats. 

DATES: The Southern California Hook 

and Line Survey review meeting will be 

held beginning at 8 a.m., Wednesday, 

April 4, 2012 and end at 5:30 p.m. or as 

necessary to complete business for the 

day. The review meeting will reconvene 

on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 8 a.m. and 

will adjourn by 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Southern California 

Hook and Line Survey review meeting 

will be held at the Northwest Fisheries 

Science Center, 2725 Montlake Blvd. E., 

Seattle, WA 98112–2097; telephone: 

(206) 860–3200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest 

Fisheries Science Center; telephone: 

(541) 961–8475; or Mr. John Harms, 

Northwest Fisheries Science Center 

(NWFSC); telephone: (206)–860–3414. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The peer 

review meeting will be held to: (1) 

Evaluate the Southern California Hook 

and Line survey design and protocols; 

(2) examine the analytical methods used 

to generate rockfish abundance indices; 

and, (3) provide suggestions regarding 

potential expansion of the survey’s 

geographical range and species for 

which abundance indices are 

generated—particularly for data-poor 

and data-limited species. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the review meeting 

participants for discussion, those issues 

may not be the subject of formal review 

action during this meeting. Actions of 

the review participants 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 workshop 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 Ms. 

Stacey Miller at (541) 961–8475 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 13, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6403 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB093 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Notice 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council’s) 

Groundfish Plan Teams and Crab Plan 

Team will hold a workshop on 

Assessment/Management Issues Related 

to Recruitment, April 4–5, 2012 at the 

Alaska Fishery Science Center. 

DATES: The meetings will be held April 

4–5, 2012. The meetings will begin at 9 

a.m., April 4 and continue through 

Thursday April 5. Webex participation 

is available; please check the Council 

Web site for participation information. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 

7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 4, 

Traynor Room, Seattle, WA. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

DiCosimo or Diana Stram, North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Plan 

Teams will develop guidelines on how 

to address environmental changes in the 

Stock-Recruitment relationship into 

biological reference points and how to 

model environmental forcing into stock 

projection models. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

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 these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens 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 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Gail Bendixen, 

(907) 271–2809, at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 13, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6399 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB050 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Russian River 

Estuary Management Activities 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental 

harassment authorization; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received an 

application from the Sonoma County 

Water Agency (SCWA) for an Incidental 

Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take 

marine mammals incidental to Russian 

River estuary management activities. 

Pursuant to the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is 

requesting comments on its proposal to 

issue an IHA to SCWA to take, by Level 

B Harassment only, several species of 

marine mammals during the specified 

activity. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than April 16, 2012. 

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