[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 61850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25076]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 092502G]


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) and Highly Migratory 
Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) will hold a work session, which is 
open to the public.

DATES: The HMSPDT and HMSAS will meet Tuesday, October 22, 2002 from 9 
a.m. until 5 p.m.; and Wednesday, October 23, 2002 from 9 a.m. until 
business for the day is completed.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the work session is 
to review the September 2002 draft fishery management plan (FMP) and 
develop recommendations to the Council. The FMP is scheduled for final 
Council action in November 2002.Although nonemergency issues not 
contained in the meeting agenda may come before the HMSPDT and HMSAS 
for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal HMSPDT or 
HMSAS action during this meeting. HMSPDT and HMSAS 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 or HMSAS's intent to take final action to address the 
emergency.

Special Accommodations

    In our continuing efforts to streamline our meeting notification 
process, we are building an email notification list. If you would like 
to be notified of future meetings via email, please contact Ms. Kerry 
Aden at (503) 820-2409 or [email protected] to provide your email 
address.
    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: September 25, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-25076 Filed 10-1-02; 8:45 am]
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