[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 72998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24917]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XE59


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 work session will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 
January 15 and from 8:30 a.m. until the business of the meeting is 
finished on Wednesday, January 16, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Large Conference 
Room, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, 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 HMSMT will discuss two major topics: (1) 
developing a range of alternatives for a limited entry program to allow 
a shallow-set longline fishery, which targets swordfish, to be 
prosecuted on the high seas from the West Coast and (2) a draft report 
on Council recommendations in response to overfishing of Eastern 
Pacific yellowfin tuna, as required by Section 304(i) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The Council is 
scheduled to take up both these issues at their March 2008, meeting in 
Sacramento, CA. Time permitting, the HMSMT may discuss additional items 
to include PacFIN/RecFIN data issues and preparation of the Highly 
Migratory Species Stock Assessment Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, 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 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.

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

    Dated: December 19, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-24917 Filed 12-21-07; 8:45 am]
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