[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 2085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-518]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA138


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
hold two consecutive meetings related to west coast CPS fisheries. The 
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) will meet February 1-2, 
2011; and the CPS Methodology Review Panel will meet February 3-5, 
2011. Both meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The CPSMT meeting will be held Tuesday, February 1 through 
Wednesday, February 2, 2011. Business will begin each day at 8:30 a.m. 
and conclude at 5 p.m. or until business for the day is completed. The 
CPS Methodology Review Panel will meet February 3-5, 2011. Business 
will begin each day at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. or until 
business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in the Large Conference Room of 
the National Marine Fisheries Service's Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center, Torrey Pines Campus; 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 
92037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; 
telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the CPSMT meeting is: (1) To 
initiate discussion of potential changes to the Pacific sardine Harvest 
Control Rule, based on recent evidence indicating that using the sea 
surface temperature at Scripps Pier may be an unreliable basis for 
setting harvest guidelines; (2) to discuss potential improvements to 
the market squid Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) and Overfishing 
Limit (OFL); (3) election of officers; and (4) to initiate discussion 
and develop a statement for the March, 2011 Council meeting regarding 
potential requests to utilize the Council's 4,200 mt Exempted Fishing 
Permit set-aside. Other issues relevant to coastal pelagic species 
fisheries management and science may be addressed as time permits.
    The purpose of the CPS Methodology Review Panel meeting is to 
consider acoustic-trawl survey and data analysis methods, to assess 
their utility in stock assessment models to monitor trends at the 
population level for Pacific sardine and other CPS stocks.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the CPSMT and Methodology Review Panel for discussion, 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this 
meeting. CPSMT and Methodology Review 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 CPSMT's 
and Methodology Review Panel's intent to take final action to address 
the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 
820-2280 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 7, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-518 Filed 1-11-11; 8:45 am]
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