[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 54174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21317]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080602D]


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 Wednesday, September 4, 2002 from 8 a.m. 
until 5 p.m.; and Thursday, September 5, 2002 from 8 a.m. until 
business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Hubbs-Sea World 
Research Institute, Auditorium, 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: Mr. Dan Waldeck, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the work session is 
to review comments on the draft fishery management plan (FMP) for West 
Coast highly migratory species (HMS) and revise the FMP accordingly for 
presentation to the Council at the November Council meeting. The HMS 
FMP is scheduled for final Council action in November 2002.
    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 
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) 820-2280 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 9, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-21317 Filed 8-20-02; 8:45 am]
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