[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 198 (Friday, October 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52115-52116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25721]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 100401D]


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 Wednesday, November 7, 2001 and 
Thursday, November 8, 2001, from 8:30

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a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Friday, November 9, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. until 
business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Hubbs-Sea World 
Research Institute, East Conference Room, 2595 Ingraham Street, San 
Diego, CA 92109, telephone: 619-226-3870.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Waldeck, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, telephone: 503-326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to 
incorporate Council guidance stemming from the November Council meeting 
into a public review draft of the fishery management plan (FMP) for 
West Coast-based highly migratory species (HMS) fisheries. Following 
completion of the HMSPDT's work, the draft FMP will be made available 
for public review. The Council is scheduled to consider final adoption 
of the HMS FMP at the Council's March 2002 meeting. Please note, the 
HMSPDT meeting is a work session devoted to finalizing the draft FMP 
for public review. Public hearings will be scheduled at the November 
Council meeting. Dates and locations of these hearings will be 
published in subsequent Federal Register notices.
    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 
Fishery Conservation and Management 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: October 5, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-25721 Filed 10-11-01; 8:45 am]
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