[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23433]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 090403D]


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 Management Team (HMSMT) will hold a work session, 
which is open to the public.

DATES: The work session will be Wednesday, October 1, 2003 from 1 p.m. 
until 5 p.m. and Thursday, October 2 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, 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 main purpose of this work session is for 
the HMSMT to begin development of initial recommendations for a limited 
entry program for the high seas longline fishery, including a control 
date, qualifying period, qualifying landing amounts, capacity goal, and 
permit transferability. This work is in response to a request from the 
Council at the June 2003 meeting. The HMSMT will report their initial 
recommendations to the Council at the November 2003 meeting in San 
Diego, CA. Other matters related to the HMS Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP) may be discussed and included in the HMSMT report to the Council. 
However, formal action on limited entry or other HMS FMP-related issues 
will not occur at this work session.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, 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 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: September 9, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-23433 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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