[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 11134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5086]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XU99


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad 
Hoc Salmon Amendment Committee (SAC) will hold a meeting to develop 
draft alternatives and plan analyses for an amendment to the Pacific 
Coast 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 SAC is open to the 
public.

DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, April 1, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pacific Council Office, 
Large Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 
OR 97220-1384; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

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 ACLs and 
AMs. Federal FMPs must establish mechanisms for ACLs and AMs 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 alternatives to address 
those issues, and to plan analyses that will be used to evaluate those 
alternatives in a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the SAC 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

    The 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: March 5, 2010.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-5086 Filed 3-9-10; 8:45 am]
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