[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 55144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2161]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 090704B]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Coastal 
Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) and Coastal Pelagic Species 
Management Team (CPSMT) will hold work sessions, which are open to the 
public.

DATES: The CPSAS will meet Tuesday, September 28, 2004 from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and Wednesday, September 29, 2004 from 9 a.m. until business for 
the day is completed. The CPSMT will meet Thursday, September 30, 2004 
from 9 a.m. until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at NMFS, Southwest Region, Glenn 
Anderson Federal Building, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Conference Room 3300, 
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 CPSAS will meet to continue to work on 
developing alternatives for annual allocation of the Pacific sardine 
harvest guideline. The CPSAS will also review the 2004 Pacific sardine 
stock assessment and harvest guideline recommendation for the 2005 
season. The CPSMT will focus on review of the Pacific sardine stock 
assessment and harvest guideline recommendation, they will also be 
briefed on the allocation alternatives being developed by the CPSAS.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the CPSAS or 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 CPSAS's or 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: September 8, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-2161 Filed 9-10-04; 8:45 am]
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