[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 51983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20961]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XY38


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION:  Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's Salmon Technical Team 
(STT), Scientific and Statistical Committee's (SSC) Salmon 
Subcommittee, and Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) will review proposed 
salmon methodology and conservation objective changes in a joint work 
session, which is open to the public.

DATES:  The work session will be held Tuesday, October 19, 2010, from 
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday October 20, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 
4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Hyatt Place Hotel 
Portland Airport, 9750 NE Cascades Parkway, Portland, OR 97220, 503-
288-2808.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384, 503-820-2280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management 
Staff Officer, Pacific Fishery Management Council, 503 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the work session is to brief 
the STT and SSC Salmon Subcommittee on proposed changes to methods and 
standards used to manage ocean salmon fisheries. The work session will 
potentially include review of the Oregon coastal natural coho abundance 
predictor, evaluation of indicator stock tag groups for Columbia River 
summer Chinook, a progress report on abundance-based management 
framework for Lower Columbia River tule fall Chinook, update and 
revision of natural production information in the Lower Columbia River 
natural coho harvest management matrix, review and evaluation of mark-
selective fishery reports, an update on methods to forecast ocean 
abundance of Columbia River fall Chinook, an analysis of bias in 
Chinook and Coho Fishery Regulation Assessment Models due to multiple 
encounters in mark-selective fisheries, and proposed changes to the 
conservation objectives for Puget Sound coho.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the STT, SSC Salmon Subcommittee, and MEW 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 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 five 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 19, 2010.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-20961 Filed 8-23-10; 8:45 am]
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