[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6639]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 031301C]


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, April 9, through Friday, April 
13, 2001. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

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;, 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; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HMSPDT will meet on Monday, April 9, 
2001, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, April 10, 2001, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 
Wednesday, April 11, 2001, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, April 12, 2001, 
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Friday, April 13, 2001, 8 a.m. until business for 
the day is completed.
    The primary purpose of the work session is to revise the draft 
fishery management plan (FMP) for highly migratory species (HMS) per 
Council guidance stemming from the March 2001 Council meeting. The 
second draft of the FMP is scheduled for review at the June 2001 
Council meeting.
    Although nonemergency 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: March 13, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-6639 Filed 3-16-01; 8:45 am]
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