[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54173-54174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21311]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081502D]


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 Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) will hold a conference call, 
which is open to the public.

DATES: The CPSAS will convene via conference call Friday, September 6, 
2002, from 1 p.m. until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for a list of public listening 
station locations.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dan Waldeck, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public listening stations will be available 
at the following locations:
    1. National Marine Fisheries Service, 501 W Ocean Blvd., Long 
Beach, CA 90802, (562) 980-4000, Contact: Jim Morgan;
    2. California Department of Fish and Game, 1933 Cliff Drive, Suite 
9, Santa Barbara, CA 93109, (805) 568-1231, Contact: Marija Vojkovich;
    3. California Department of Fish and Game, 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, 
Suite 100, Monterey, CA 93940, (831) 649-2870, Contact: Travis Tanaka; 
and
    4. Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 
Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384, (503) 820-2280, Contact: Dan 
Waldeck.
    The purpose of the work session is to prepare CPSAS comments to the 
Council regarding two matters, (1) potential collateral impacts on CPS 
fisheries from proposed regulations for the 2003 West Coast groundfish 
fishery, and (2) recommendations from the

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Council's Ad Hoc Marine Reserves Policy Committee regarding marine 
reserves in California state waters. Both of these matters are due for 
final Council consideration at the September 2002 Council meeting. This 
conference call is intended to provide the CPSAS opportunity to 
consider these matters and develop recommendations for the Council.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the CPSAS meeting 
agenda may come before the CPSAS for discussion, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal CPSAS action during this meeting. CPSAS 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 CPSAS'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) 820-2280 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 16, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-21311 Filed 8-20-02; 8:45 am]
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