[Federal Register: September 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 175)]
[Notices]
[Page 51804]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XC25
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting/Workshop
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: A Groundfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel will hold a
work session which is open to the public. The STAR Panel will review
new assessments for the southern portion of the black rockfish stock
and blue rockfish off California, as well as rebuilding analyses for
seven overfished West Coast rockfish species.
DATES: The STAR Panel meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. on October 1,
2007 and will continue through October 5, 2007. The meeting will start
at 8:30 a.m. each day (except October 1, when the panel convenes at
12:30 p.m.) and end at 5 p.m. each day, or as necessary to complete
business.
ADDRESSES: The STAR Panel meeting will be held at the NOAA Western
Regional Center's Sand Point Facility, Building 4, Jim Traynor Seminar
Room, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115-6349.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, Northwest Fisheries
Science Center (NWFSC); telephone: (206) 437-5670; or Mr. John DeVore,
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the STAR Panel meeting is to
review draft stock assessments for the southern portion of the black
rockfish stock in waters off California and Oregon, the blue rockfish
stock in waters off California, and draft rebuilding analyses for
bocaccio, canary rockfish, cowcod, darkblotched rockfish, Pacific ocean
perch, widow rockfish, and yelloweye rockfish; work with the Stock
Assessment Teams and rebuilding analysis authors to make necessary
revisions; and produce STAR Panel reports for use by the Council family
and other interested persons. No management actions will be decided by
this STAR Panel. The STAR Panel's role will be development of
recommendations and reports for consideration by the Council at its
November meeting in San Diego, CA.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may come before the STAR Panel participants for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal STAR Panel action during these
meetings. STAR 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 STAR 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 Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: September 6, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-17839 Filed 9-10-07; 8:45 am]
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