[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40996-40997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11436]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071406E]


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

DATES: The HMSMT work session will be Tuesday, August 8, 2006, from 
8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m and on Wednesday, August 9, 2006, beginning at 
8:30 a.m. until business is completed.

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, 
telephone: (858) 546-7000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The topics planned for this HMSMT work 
session are: (1) develop a preliminary range of alternatives for 
modification of management measures for the April 1, 2007-March 31, 
2009, management period, as authorized under the Fishery Management 
Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS 
FMP); (2) continue work to identify reference points for selected HMS; 
(3) plan analyses of exempted fishing permits (EFPs) proposed for the 
2007 fishing year; (5) develop recommendations for future Council 
action on a high seas longline fishery; and (6) engage in additional 
planning related to the annual Stock Assessment Fishery Evaluation 
(SAFE) document. Time permitting, the HMSMT may also discuss any new 
information relevant to their previous work characterizing historical 
effort in the U.S. North Pacific albacore fishery off the West Coast.
    Although non-emergency 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 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

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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: July 14, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-11436 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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