[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 243 (Monday, December 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 79073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32053]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 120700C]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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 (Council) Highly 
Migratory Species Plan Development Team (HMSPDT) and Highly Migratory 
Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) will hold work sessions, which are 
open to the public.

DATES: The HMSPDT and HMSAS will meet jointly on Monday, January 8, 
2001, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, January 9, 2001, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and 
Wednesday, January 10, 2001, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The HMSPDT will convene 
for a work session on Thursday, January 11, 2001, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 
Friday, January 12, 2001, 8 a.m. until business for the day is 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The work sessions will be held in the large conference room 
at NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, 
Room D-203, La Jolla, CA 92038-0271; telephone: (619) 546-7000.
    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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the work sessions is 
to review and revise sections of the draft fishery management plan 
(FMP) for highly migratory species (HMS); the draft FMP is scheduled 
for review by the Council in March 2001.
    The proposed FMP and its associated regulatory analyses would be 
the Council's fourth FMP for the exclusive economic zone off the West 
Coast. Development of the FMP is timely, considering the new mandates 
under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, efforts by the United Nations to 
promote conservation and management of HMS resources through domestic 
and international programs, and the increased scope of international 
activities related to HMS fisheries in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the HMSPDT/HMSAS 
meeting agenda may come before the HMSPDT and/or HMSAS for discussion, 
those issues may not be the subject of formal HMSPDT nor HMSAS action 
during these meetings. HMSPDT and/or HMSAS 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 Act, provided the 
public has been notified of the HMSPDT's and/or HMSAS's intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 326-6352 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 11, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-32053 Filed 12-15-00; 8:45 am]
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