[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 2412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-911]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 010501B]


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) Highly 
Migratory Species Plan Development Team (HMSPDT) will hold a work 
session, which is open to the public.

DATES: The HMSPDT will meet on Monday, February 5, 2001 through 
Thursday, February 8, 2001, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. On Friday, 
February 9, 2001, the HMSPDT will meet from 8 a.m. until business for 
the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session 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; (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 session is 
to continue review and revision 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 meeting 
agenda may come before the HMSPDT for discussion, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal HMSPDT action during this meeting. HMSPDT 
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 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: January 5, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-911 Filed 1-10-01; 8:45 am]
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