[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 3205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-953]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XT88


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 (Pacific Council) will 
hold a joint meeting of subcommittees from a number of its advisory 
bodies, as follows: Enforcement Consultants, Groundfish Advisory 
Subpanel, Groundfish Management Team, and the Ad Hoc Trawl Individual 
Quota Committee. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The joint subcommittee meeting will be held Thursday, February 
4, 2010, from 8 a.m. until business for the day is completed and 
Friday, February 5, 2010 from 8 a.m. until no later than 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The joint subcommittee meeting will be held at the Watertown 
Hotel, 4242 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle WA 98105; telephone: (206) 826-
4242.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Seger, Staff Officer; 
telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the joint subcommittee 
meeting is to orient members representing the various advisory panels, 
and Pacific Council members who will be in attendance, on the 
organization and content of a preliminary draft of the Amendment 20 
(Trawl Rationalization) regulations. This orientation will facilitate 
Pacific Council review of the draft regulations at the March 2010 
Pacific Council meeting. Participants may also provide drafters of the 
regulations with some initial reactions which the drafters may take 
into account as they complete the draft package for Pacific Council 
review.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the joint subcommittee for discussion, those issues may 
not be the subject of formal joint subcommittee action during this 
meeting. Joint subcommittee 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(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the joint subcommittee'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: January 14, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-953 Filed 1-19-10; 8:45 am]
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