[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 241 (Friday, December 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 74469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30208]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC395


Pacific Fishery Management 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's (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a week long working meeting, 
which is open to the public. The GMT will also meet with a subgroup of 
the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The GMT meeting will be held Monday, January 14, 2013 from 1 
p.m. until business for the day is completed. The GMT meeting will 
reconvene Tuesday, January 15 through Friday, January 18 from 8:30 a.m. 
until business for each day has been completed. The joint meeting of 
the SSC subgroup and the GMT will occur on January 17, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Hotel Deca, Governor's 
Room, 4507 Brooklyn Avenue NE., Seattle, WA; telephone: (206) 634-2000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kelly Ames or Mr. John DeVore, 
Staff Officers, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the GMT working 
meeting is to prepare for the 2013 Council meetings, including the 
upcoming harvest specifications and management measures cycle. Specific 
agenda topics include the use of descending devices to recompress 
rockfish discarded in west coast recreational fisheries and the 
associated revised mortality rates; changes to the harvest 
specifications and management measures process under the proposed 
Amendment 24 to the groundfish Fishery Management Plan; evaluation of 
and proposed changes to the groundfish stock complexes; and a review of 
impact projection models. The GMT may also address other assignments 
relating to groundfish management. No management actions will be 
decided by the GMT. The GMT's task will be to develop recommendations 
for consideration by the Council at its meetings in 2013.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the GMT for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal GMT action during this meeting. GMT 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 GMT's 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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Dated: December 11, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-30208 Filed 12-13-12; 8:45 am]
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