[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75614-75615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30765]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC412
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)
Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold a work
session, which is open to the public.
DATES: The HMSMT work session will begin each day at 8:30 a.m. on
Wednesday, January 23; Thursday, January 24; and Friday, January 25,
2013. On each day the meeting will continue until business is
completed.
ADDRESSES: The work sessions will be held in the Large Conference Room,
Torrey Pines Court, National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, 3333 North Torrey Pines Court, La Jolla, CA
92037; telephone: (858) 546-7000.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE.
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kit Dahl, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HMSMT will work on an assignment for the
March 2013 Council meeting in Tacoma, WA. The Council directed the
HMSMT to determine if any changes can be made to the closure dates for,
and/or the southern boundary of, the Pacific Leatherback Conservation
Area (PLCA) in order to enhance fishing opportunity in the California
drift
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gillnet fishery. Since the PLCA was established to reduce the take of
endangered leatherback sea turtles in this fishery, other mitigation
measures may be considered to compensate for any additional fishing
opportunity. Specifically, the HMSMT will consider a regulatory limit
on the annual number of incidental take interactions allowed in the
fishery. This regulatory approach has been used successfully in the
Hawaii-based shallow-set pelagic longline fishery to limit takes of
leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles.
The HMSMT will also begin work on the next Stock Assessment and
Fishery Evaluation document, which is prepared annually, summarizing
information from the previous year. Informational topics may also be
discussed, time permitting.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action
during these meetings. Action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after
publication of this document 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
The meetings are 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 18, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-30765 Filed 12-20-12; 8:45 am]
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