[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 20647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5998]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041306C]


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

DATES: The HMSMT work session will be held on Monday, May 8, 2006, from 
8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, beginning at 8 a.m. 
until business is completed.

ADDRESSES: The work sessions will be held at the U.S. Tuna Foundation 
Conference Room, 1 Tuna Lane, San Diego, CA 92101; telephone: (619) 
233-6407
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HMSMT work session will take up the 
following assignments: developing management reference points for 
selected highly migratory species, planning the 2006 Stock Assessment 
and Fishery Evaluation Report, discussing North Pacific albacore 
management issues (U.S.-Canada Albacore treaty, historical fishing 
effort and potential effort controls) and other workload planning 
tasks. After the regular meeting ends, a subgroup of the HMSMT will 
discuss issues related to the implementation of an exempted fishing 
permit (EFP) pertaining to fishing during the annual August 15 through 
November 15 prohibition on drift gillnet fishing in Federal and state 
waters in Monterey Bay, CA and vicinity north to the 45[deg] N Latitude 
intersect with the Oregon Coast (66 FR 44549).
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
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 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 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: April 18, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-5998 Filed 4-20-06; 8:45 am]
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