Pacific Fishery Management Council and NMFS to Hold a Coastal Pelagic Species Stock Assessment Review Panel Workshop

Workshop Dates: September 18-21, 2007

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will hold a Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel workshop to review assessment methods for Pacific mackerel and Pacific Sardine.

The workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, September 18, 2007, from 10 a.m to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, September 19, 2007, and Thursday, September 20, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Friday, September 21, 2007, from 8 a.m. to until business for the day is completed.

The CPS STAR Panel workshop will be held at:

National Marine Fisheries Service
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Green Room
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, California 92037
858-546-7000

Entry to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) requires visitors to register with the front office each morning. A visitor's badge, which must be worn while at the SWFSC, will be issued to non-federal employees participating in the meeting. Since parking is at a premium at the SWFSC, car pooling, and mass transit are encouraged.

Further Information

The purpose of the CPS STAR Panel meeting is to review draft stock assessment documents and any other pertinent information for Pacific mackerel and Pacific Sardine, work with the Stock Assessment Team to make necessary revisions, and produce a STAR Panel report for use by the Council family and other interested persons for developing management recommendations for the 2008 Pacific sardine fishery and assessment methodology recommendations in advance of future updates of the Pacific mackerel assessment.

If you have received this notice by mail, but would like to be notified of future meetings via email, please contact Ms. Carrie Montgomery at (503) 820-2280 to provide your email address.

The 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.

For more information on the September 18-21, 2007 CPS STAR Panel workshop, please contact Mr. Mike Burner at (503) 820-2280 ext. 414 or toll free 1-866-806-7204.

PFMC
08/30/07