[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 247 (Monday, December 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 68582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30613]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XT46


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 (Pacific Council) 
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) will hold a meeting 
that is open to the public.

DATES: The CPSMT will meet on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 and Wednesday, 
January 13, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and again on Thursday, January 
14, 2010, from 8 a.m. until business for that day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The CPSMT meeting will be held at the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Green 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: Mike Burner, Staff Officer; telephone: 
(503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to develop 
alternative amendments to the Pacific Council's Coastal Pelagic Species 
(CPS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) in response to new requirements of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) 
including, overfishing levels (OFLs), acceptable biological catch 
(ABC), and annual catch limits (ACLs). The CPSMT will discuss CPS FMP 
amendment alternatives and develop a work plan for completing review 
materials for the March 2010 meeting of the Pacific Council. The CPSMT 
will also elect officers for 2010, discuss the 2010 Stock Assessment 
and Fishery Evaluation document, and address other issues relating to 
CPS management.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the CPSMT for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal CPSMT action during this meeting. CPSMT 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 CPSMT's 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: December 22, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-30613 Filed 12-24-09; 8:45 am]
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