[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58941-58942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28958]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102297B]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's Coastal Pelagic 
Species Plan Development Team will hold a series of public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held Thursday, November 13, 1997; Thursday, 
December 11, 1997; Friday, January 16, 1998; Thursday, February 19, 
1998. All sessions will begin at 10 a.m. and may go into the evening 
until business for the day is completed. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
for the schedule of meetings.
ADDRESSES: Meetings in La Jolla will be in the large conference room at 
NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center,

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8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA. The meeting in Monterey will 
be held at the California Department of Fish and Game office, 20 Lower 
Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100, Monterey, CA.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Larry Jacobson; telephone: (619) 
546-7117; or Dr. Doyle Hanan; telephone: (619) 546-7170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The exact schedule is as follows:
    Group  Location Time Date
    Team La Jolla 10:00 a.m. November 13
    Team La Jolla 10:00 a.m. December 11
    Team La Jolla 10:00 a.m. January 16
    Team Monterey 10:00 a.m. February 19
    The primary purpose of the meetings is to revise and update the 
proposed fishery management plan for resubmission. Current work is 
focused on options for limited entry (squid and finfish), control 
dates, framework management, establishing maximum sustainable yield 
control rules, and identifying essential fish habitat.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Team for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Team action during these meetings. Team action will 
be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda 
listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Eric Greene at (503) 326-6352 
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: October 27, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-28958 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]
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