[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30779-30780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13222]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XW62
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Stock
Assessment of Eastern Bering Sea Pollock; Peer Review Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS has requested the Center for Independent Experts (CIE)
to conduct a peer review of the agency's stock assessment of Eastern
Bering Sea walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma). The CIE, operated
by Northern Taiga Ventures, Inc., provides independent peer reviews of
NMFS's fisheries stock assessments. The Eastern Bering Sea pollock
stock assessment is reviewed annually by the Alaska Fisheries Science
Center, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) Plan Team,
and the NPFMC Scientific and Statistical Committee. The CIE review will
examine whether the assessment incorporates the best available
scientific information and provides a reasonable approach to
understanding the population dynamics and stock status of Eastern
Bering Sea pollock. The public is invited to attend and observe the
presentations and discussions between the CIE panel and the NMFS
scientists who collected and processed the data, and designed the
underlying model.
DATES: The public meeting will be held from June 28 through July 2,
2010, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The review will be held at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science
Center, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115. Photo
identification is required to enter this facility.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Ianelli, 206-526-6510.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIE panel will consist of three peer
reviewers who will assess materials related to the topic, participate
in a review workshop with the NMFS scientists who developed the model
and the analytical approach, and produce a report. This review will be
highly technical in nature and will cover mathematical details of the
analytical approach. More information about the CIE is available on its
website at www.ciereviews.org.
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Members of the public are invited to observe, and will be provided
opportunities to contribute on June 28 and July 2, 2010. The final
report will be available prior to the September NPFMC Plan Team
meetings and will consist of individual reports from each panelist and
a summary report. The results of the review will be presented during
the September 2010 NPFMC Plan Team meeting, which will be announced at
a later time in the Federal Register.
Special Accommodations
These workshops will be physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Pat Livingston, 206-526-4172, at
least 10 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 26, 2010.
Carrie Selberg,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-13222 Filed 6-1-10; 8:45 am]
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