[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 16564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7706]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 032200C]


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 (Council) Coastal 
Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) to hold a work session that is 
open to the public.

DATES: The work session will be held on Thursday, April 20, 2000 and 
Friday, April 21, 2000, from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at NMFS Southwest Fisheries 
Science Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, Room D-203, La Jolla, CA.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Waldeck, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, (503) 326-6352; or Dr. Doyle Hanan, California 
Department of Fish and Game, (619) 546-7170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this work session is 
to initiate several analyses requested by the Council. These include: 
(1) establish a capacity goal for the coastal pelagic species (CPS) 
finfish fishery and analyze transferability of CPS limited entry 
permits; (2) address disapproved portions of the CPS fishery management 
plan-develop alternatives for specifying maximum sustainable yield 
(MSY) and acceptable biological catch (ABC) for market squid, and 
management alternatives for assessing bycatch in CPS fisheries and 
measures to minimize bycatch and bycatch mortality in CPS fisheries; 
(3) initiate the 2000 stock assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) 
process for the CPS fishery, including preparation of the CPS SAFE 
document and consideration of developing a process to review Pacific 
sardine and Pacific mackerel stock assessments.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the CPSMT meeting 
agenda may come before the CPSMT for discussion, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal CPSMT action during this meetings. CPSMT 
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 CPSMT's intent to take final action to address the 
emergency.

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. John Rhoton at (503) 326-6352 
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 22, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-7706 Filed 3-28-00; 8:45 am]
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