[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 4348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1539]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XU04


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 
convene a joint meeting of the Ecosystem Plan Development Team (EPDT) 
and Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel (EAS) which is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 and 
Thursday, February 11, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or until business 
for each day is completed.

ADDRESSES:  The EPDT/EAS meeting will be held at the Sheraton Portland 
Airport Hotel, Mt. Hood C Room, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 
97220; telephone: (503) 281-2500.
    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 this initial meeting of these 
advisory bodies is to review Pacific Council guidance and make 
recommendations on implementing an ecosystem-based management plan that 
is envisioned to complement, but not replace the Pacific Council's four 
existing Fishery Management Plans (FMP). The EDPT and the EAS are 
scheduled to review the Pacific Council record and existing FMPs, 
inventory ecosystem-related management tools for their applicability to 
the Council's ecosystem based FMP (E-FMP) process, and review existing 
ecosystem-based management efforts of other regional fishery management 
councils. The EPDT/EAS will also begin developing recommendations on 
the E-FMP's purpose and need, its goals and objectives, its geographic 
and regulatory scope, and the species that may be included in the E-
FMP. The findings and recommendations of the EPDT and the EAS will be 
summarized and reported to the Pacific Council, tentatively at the 
April 2010 Pacific Council meeting in Portland, OR.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the EPDT and the EAS for discussion, those issues may 
not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. EPDT and EAS 
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: January 21, 2010.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-1539 Filed 1-26-10; 8:45 am]
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