[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 171 (Friday, September 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54740-54741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22495]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA679
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will
convene a meeting via conference call of the Ecosystem Plan Development
Team (EPDT) which is open to the public.
DATES: The EPDT will meet on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 and
Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day, or when
business for each day is completed.
ADDRESSES: Public listening stations will be available at the following
locations: Pacific Fishery Management Council, Small Conference Room,
7700 NE. Ambassador Place, Suite 101; Portland, Oregon 97220;
Telephone: 503-820-2280. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, Conference Room, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa
Cruz, California 95060; Telephone: 831-420-3900.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Burner, Staff Officer; telephone:
503-820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please note, this is not a public hearing;
it is a work session for the primary purpose of drafting a report and
recommendations to the Council on the Schedule and Plans for Developing
a Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP). The EPDT will primarily address Council
requests from the June 2011 Council meeting where the Council approved
a draft purpose and need statement and moved to develop an ecosystem
plan that is primarily advisory in nature with the potential for
expanding the plan to include regulatory authority in the future. The
Council recommended continued management of fisheries through existing
fishery management plans (FMPs), including potential future management
measures for forage fish species. The Council also tasked the EPDT with
developing a list of West Coast species that are not currently included
in any FMP, that are not under State management, are not listed under
the Endangered Species Act, or are species that could be the target of
future fishery exploitation.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may come before the EPDT for discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of formal EPDT action during this meeting. EPDT 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.
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Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at 503-820-2280 at least
five days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 30, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-22495 Filed 9-1-11; 8:45 am]
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