[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 89066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29508]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF078


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (work session).

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene a work session of its Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Management 
Team (CPSMT). The work session is open to the public.

DATES: The work session will be held Tuesday-Thursday, January 17-19, 
2017. The meeting will begin the first day at 8:30 a.m. Pacific 
Daylight Time, and at 8 a.m. each following day. The meeting will 
adjourn each day at 5 p.m., or when business for the day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Plankton Room of the NOAA 
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, 
CA 92037-1508.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE. 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; 
telephone: (503) 820-2409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purposes of the work session are 
to review and continue development of a final analysis and fishery 
management plan (FMP) language for small-scale fisheries, in 
preparation for Council final action in April 2017; explore potential 
changes to CPS management categories; consider potential for periodic 
review of monitored stock harvest specifications and management 
measures; discuss ecosystem information and concerns as they relate to 
CPS management, forage needs, and other ecosystem needs; and workload 
planning for 2017 and 2018.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Dale Sweetnam (858) 546-7170 at least 10 
business days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 6, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-29508 Filed 12-8-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P