[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 127 (Monday, July 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 31914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15923]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XQ15


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) Ad Hoc 
Salmon Plan Amendment Committee (SPAC) will hold a meeting to initiate 
planning and develop draft alternatives for an amendment to the Salmon 
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to address the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) 
requirements for annual catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures 
(AM). This meeting of the SPAC is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 4, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. and Wednesday August 5, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Marine Fisheries 
Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa 
Cruz, CA 95060; telephone: (831) 420-3900.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The reauthorized MSA established new 
requirements to end and prevent overfishing through the use of ACL and 
AM. Federal FMPs must establish mechanisms for ACL and AM by 2010 for 
stocks subject to overfishing and by 2011 for all others, with the 
exceptions of stocks managed under an international agreement or stocks 
with a life cycle of approximately one year.
    On January 16, 2009, NMFS published amended guidelines for National 
Standard 1 (NS1) of the MSA to provide guidance on how to comply with 
new ACL and AM requirements. The NS1 Guidelines include recommendations 
for establishing several related reference points to ensure scientific 
and management uncertainty are accounted for when management measures 
are established.
    The purpose of this meeting is to develop recommendations for the 
scope of issues to be addressed in the FMP amendment process and to 
develop a work plan and begin drafting alternatives to address those 
issues.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the SPAC 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

    These meetings are 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: July 1, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-15923 Filed 7-2-09; 8:45 am]
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