[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 171 (Friday, September 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54740-54741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22495]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA679


Pacific Fishery Management Council (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 meeting via conference call of the Ecosystem Plan Development 
Team (EPDT) which is open to the public.

DATES: The EPDT will meet on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 and 
Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day, or when 
business for each day is completed.

ADDRESSES: Public listening stations will be available at the following 
locations: Pacific Fishery Management Council, Small Conference Room, 
7700 NE. Ambassador Place, Suite 101; Portland, Oregon 97220; 
Telephone: 503-820-2280. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center, Conference Room, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa 
Cruz, California 95060; Telephone: 831-420-3900.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Burner, Staff Officer; telephone: 
503-820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please note, this is not a public hearing; 
it is a work session for the primary purpose of drafting a report and 
recommendations to the Council on the Schedule and Plans for Developing 
a Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP). The EPDT will primarily address Council 
requests from the June 2011 Council meeting where the Council approved 
a draft purpose and need statement and moved to develop an ecosystem 
plan that is primarily advisory in nature with the potential for 
expanding the plan to include regulatory authority in the future. The 
Council recommended continued management of fisheries through existing 
fishery management plans (FMPs), including potential future management 
measures for forage fish species. The Council also tasked the EPDT with 
developing a list of West Coast species that are not currently included 
in any FMP, that are not under State management, are not listed under 
the Endangered Species Act, or are species that could be the target of 
future fishery exploitation.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the EPDT for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal EPDT action during this meeting. EPDT 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.

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Special Accommodations

    This meeting is 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 
five days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 30, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-22495 Filed 9-1-11; 8:45 am]
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