[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 84 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 23730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9860]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 042604F]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Coastal 
Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) will hold a work session, which 
is open to the public.

DATES: The CPSMT will meet Tuesday, May 18, 2004 from 9 a.m. until 
business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS, Southwest Region, 501 West 
Ocean Blvd., Conference Room 3400, Long Beach, CA 90802; telephone: 
(562) 980-4000.
    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 the current Pacific mackerel stock assessment and develop 
harvest guideline and seasonal structure recommendations for the 2004-
05 fishery. Planning for the CPS stock assessment review and election 
of CPSMT officers for 2004 will also occur. The 2004 CPS stock 
assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) document, and CPSMT 
considerations about the need for an amendment to the CPS fishery 
management plan to address management measures related to Pacific 
sardine allocation will also be discussed.
    Although non-emergency 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: April 26, 2004.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-9860 Filed 4-29-04; 8:45 am]
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