[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55114-55115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5123]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091405C]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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) Highly 
Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) and Ad Hoc Highly Migratory 
Species Management Committee (HMSMC) will hold work sessions, which are 
open to the public.

DATES: The HMSMT work session will be Monday, October 3, 2005, from 8 
a.m. until 5 p.m. On Tuesday, October 4, 2005, beginning at 8 a.m. 
until business is completed, the HMSMT will hold a joint work session 
with the HMSMC. The HMSMT may continue its own work on Tuesday after 
the joint session ends, time permitting.

ADDRESSES: The work sessions will be held at the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Large Conference 
Room, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, Room D-203, La Jolla, CA 92037, (858) 
546-7000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kit Dahl, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The main purpose of the HMSMT work session 
is to further develop a preliminary range of alternatives for the 
modification of the annual August 15 through November 15 prohibition on 
drift gillnet fishing in federal and state waters in Monterey Bay, 
California and vicinity north to the 45 N latitude intersect with the 
Oregon Coast (66 FR 44549). The HMSMT discussed preliminary concepts 
for alternatives at their August 3-5, 2005, meeting. At this meeting 
they will further develop these alternatives and review available 
analyses. These alternatives will then be presented to the Council at 
their October 31-November 4, 2005, meeting, when the Council will 
consider adopting a range of alternatives for public review.
    The purpose of the joint session of the HMSMT and HMSMC is to 
consider initial proposals which would allow prosecution of a pelagic 
longline fishery for swordfish while not increasing the overall 
incidental take of Endangered Species Act-listed sea turtles. These 
work sessions are for the purpose of developing information for the 
Council's consideration at a future Council meeting; no management 
actions will be decided by the HMSMT or HMSMC at these work sessions.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during these meetings. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
publication of this document that

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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 meetings are 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 
five days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 14, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-5123 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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