[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2488-2489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-647]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XT79


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 Joint Canada-U.S. Review Panel (Panel) for Pacific hake/
whiting will hold a work session that is open to the public.

DATES: The Joint Canada-U.S. Review Panel will be held beginning at 9 
a.m., Monday, February 8, 2010 and will continue through Wednesday, 
February 10, 2010. The meetings will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 5:30 
p.m. each day or until business for each day is completed.

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ADDRESSES: The Joint Canada-U.S. Review Panel for Pacific hake/whiting 
will be held at the Hotel Deca, 4507 Brooklyn Avenue N.E., Seattle WA 
98105; telephone: 1-800-899-0251.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific 
Council), 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Ms. Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center; telephone: (206) 437-5670; or Mr. John 
DeVore, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Joint Canada-U.S. Review 
Panel for Pacific hake/whiting is to review draft 2010 stock assessment 
documents and any other pertinent information for Pacific hake/whiting, 
work with the Stock Assessment Team to make necessary revisions, and 
produce a Joint Canada-U.S. Review Panel report for use by the Pacific 
Council family and other interested persons for developing management 
recommendations for 2010 fisheries. No management actions will be 
decided by the Panel. The Panel's role will be development of 
recommendations and reports for consideration by the Pacific Council at 
its March meeting in Sacramento, CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the Panel participants for discussion, those issues may 
not be the subject of formal Joint Canada-U.S. Review Panel action 
during this meeting. Panel 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 Panel participants' 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: January 12, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-647 Filed 1-14-10; 8:45 am]
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