[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 86 (Friday, May 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25956-25957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10517]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC652


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

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ACTION: Notice, public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene a meeting of its Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team 
(CPSMT) and the Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee of the Scientific 
and Statistical Committee (SSC). One representative of the Council's 
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) will also attend. The 
purpose is to consider the possibility of using a different temperature 
index than is currently used, for the purposes of estimating Pacific 
sardine recruitment. Meeting participants will also discuss and 
consider an implementation plan for changing the start date of the 
Pacific sardine fishery, from January 1 to July 1.

DATES: The meeting will be held May 21-23, 2013.

ADDRESSES:  Meeting address: The meeting will be held in the Large 
Conference Room of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center, at 8901 La 
Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037-1508.
    Council Address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Council considered the issues of a new 
temperature index and a different fishery start date at its April 2013 
meeting, and asked the CPSMT and SSC CPS subcommittee to report back at 
the June 2013 Council meeting for final action.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. 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 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This listening station is physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Dale Sweetnam, (858) 546-7170, 
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 30, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-10517 Filed 5-2-13; 8:45 am]
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