[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 112 (Friday, June 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28025-28026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13838]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XP77


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon 
Technical Team (STT) will hold a meeting to initiate planning and make 
assignments for developing an overfishing review for Queets River and 
Strait of Juan de Fuca natural coho. STT meeting to be held June 30, 
2009 to plan development of an assessment of the causes and 
implications of Queets River and Strait of Juan de Fuca natural coho 
stocks failing to meet their conservation objective for three 
consecutive years. This meeting of the STT is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, June 30, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Washington Department of 
Fish and Wildlife office, located in the Natural Resources Building at 
1111 Washington

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St. S.E., Room 682, Olympia, WA 98501-1091.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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 develop a 
set of topics and assignments to assess the spawning escapement 
shortfalls for natural coho stocks from the Queets River in 2006-08, 
and from the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 2005-08. The assessment will 
focus on the role of fishing on the spawning escapement shortfall and 
on the implication to long-term productivity of the stocks of not 
meeting their conservation objectives.
    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 
STT 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 STT for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during these meetings. 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: June 9, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-13838 Filed 6-11-09; 8:45 am]
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