[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62377-62378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25935]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA750


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (conference call).

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) Trawl 
Rationalization Regulatory Review Committee (TRREC) will convene a 
meeting that is open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Portland 
Airport, 7900 NE. 82nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 
460-3000.

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DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, October 27, from 8 a.m. until 
business for the day is completed.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
review regulations (a) making it permissible to stack both a limited 
entry trawl and fixed gear permit on a single vessel at the same time, 
(b) modifying the season opening date for whiting, (c) allowing vessels 
to carry multiple gears at the same time, and (d) modification of 
several identified trawl gear regulations that impair increased 
efficiency and selectivity. As a secondary priority, the TRREC may 
focus on other regulations made obsolete by implementation of the new 
trawl rationalization program in 2011.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the TRREC for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. TRREC 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 TRREC intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is 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: October 3, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-25935 Filed 10-6-11; 8:45 am]
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