[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2399-2400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00612]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD716
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council)
Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold a meeting,
which is open to the public.
DATES: The HMSMT will meet Wednesday, February 4 to Friday, February 6,
2015. This meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. and continue until business
is concluded on each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the following location: Best
Western Plus Inn by the Sea, Wind and Sea Room, 7830 Fay Avenue, La
Jolla, CA 92037.
Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kit Dahl, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820-2422.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HMSMT will discuss assignments and
develop reports for HMS topics to be taken up at Pacific Council
meetings in 2015. Topics on the March 2015 Council agenda that the
HMSMT will focus on include: (1) Developing a Drift Gillnet Management
and Monitoring Plan purpose and need statement and contents; (2)
analyzing the range of alternatives adopted by the Council in November
2014 for bycatch reduction and monitoring for the California drift
gillnet fishery; and (3) reviewing and making recommendations on
exempted fishing permit proposals. The HMSMT will also discuss the
planned management strategy evaluation for North Pacific albacore tuna
to be conducted by the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and
Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean and potential Council
advice to the U.S. delegation. Time-permitting, the HMSMT may discuss
initial planning for topics on future Council meetings including the
authorization of a shallow-set longline fishery outside the west coast
Exclusive Economic Zone and creating a Federal limited entry permit for
the California drift gillnet fishery.
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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) 820-2425 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 13, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-00612 Filed 1-15-15; 8:45 am]
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