[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 54437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18866]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC87


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) Salmon 
Technical Team Klamath Subcommittee (STTKS) will hold a meeting with 
members of the Yurok and Hoopa Tribes and additional agency personnel 
from the National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and the California Department of Fish and Game to 
initiate planning and assignments for developing an overfishing 
assessment for Klamath River fall Chinook (KRFC). This meeting of the 
STTKS is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held October 18 and 19, 2007. The meeting 
will begin at 9 a.m., Thursday, October 18, and continue until 3 p.m., 
Friday, October 19, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the California Department of 
Fish and Game office, 50 Ericson Ct., Arcata, CA 95521; telephone: 
(707) 822-5119.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management 
Staff Officer, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 
820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to further 
develop a report to assess the cause of KRFC failing to meet the 35,000 
adult spawner conservation objective, and the implication to the long-
term productivity of the stock of not meeting that objective, for three 
consecutive years.
    When a salmon stock managed by the Council fails to meet its 
conservation objective for three consecutive years an overfishing 
concern is triggered according to the terms of the Pacific Coast Salmon 
Plan (Salmon Plan). The Salmon Plan requires the Council to direct its 
Salmon Technical Team to work with relevant agency and tribal personnel 
to undertake a review of the status of the stock in question and 
determine if excessive harvest was responsible for the shortfall, if 
other factors were involved, and the significance of the stock 
depression with regard to achieving maximum sustainable yield.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the STTKS 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 notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice 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

    This 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 20, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-18866 Filed 9-24-07; 8:45 am]
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