[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 126 (Monday, June 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14809]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XI73


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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly 
Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will a hold work session, 
which is open to the public. The work session will be from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m. on Thursday, July 31 and from 8:30 a.m. until the business of 
the meeting is finished on Friday, August 1, 2008.

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, 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 the following topics: 
(1) the environmental analysis for a range of alternatives for a 
limited entry program to allow a shallow-set longline fishery, which 
targets swordfish, to be prosecuted from the west coast, including 
qualifying criteria for limited entry; (2) a range of options for the 
management of the recreational fishery for thresher sharks in 
California; (3) preparation of the 2008 HMS Stock Assessment and 
Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report; (4) a NMFS proposal to develop 
management concepts for the west coast albacore troll fishery; and (5) 
application of the results of a recent workshop on interactions between 
west coast swordfish fisheries and leatherback sea turtles to future 
research, monitoring, and management.
    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 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: June 25, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-14809 Filed 6-27-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-S