[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1015]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011003D]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Coastal Pelagic Species 
Management Team Work Session Focused on Pacific Sardine Allocation.

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 Management Team (CPSMT) will hold a public work 
session.

DATES: The CPSMT will meet Thursday, January 30, 2003, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and Friday, January 31, 2003, from 8 a.m. until business for the 
day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held in the large conference room 
(D-203) at NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8604 La Jolla 
Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037; (858) 546-7000.
    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 purpose of the CPSMT meeting is to 
develop and review preliminary analyses of management alternatives for 
revising the CPS fishery management plan's (FMP) annual Pacific sardine 
allocation framework. Possible management alternatives include:
    1. Status quo - 33 percent of the harvest guideline allotted to the 
northern subarea and 66 percent to the southern subarea, with 
reallocation nine months after the start of the fishery. (See the CPS 
FMP for a complete description of the current Pacific sardine 
allocation framework).
    2. No allocation - institute a coastwide harvest guideline.
    3. Move northern boundary of southern subarea from 35[deg] 40' to 
39[deg] N latitude, change reallocation date from October 1 to 
September 1 (or August 1), and provide for a December 1 reallocation to 
a coastwide harvest guideline.
    4. Change reallocation date from October 1 to September 1 (or 
August 1), and provide for a December 1 reallocation to a coastwide 
harvest guideline.
    Alternatives 3 and 4 include allocation percentage sub- 
alternatives:
    a. 33 percent to the north, 66 percent to the south.
    b. 50 percent to the north, 50 percent to the south.
    This is a public meeting, and time for public comment will be 
provided at the discretion of the CPSMT chair. Generally, a public 
comment period will be provided just prior to the end of each day. 
Please note, this is not a public hearing, it is a work session devoted 
to completing preliminary analyses for Council consideration at the 
March 2003 Council meeting.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the CPSMT meeting 
agenda may come before the CPSMT for discussion, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal action during this meeting. 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 CPSMT'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: January 13, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-1015 Filed 1-15-03; 8:45 am]
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