[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 86 (Friday, May 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 25955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10520]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC657


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold a conference 
call, which is open to the public.

DATES: The HMSMT conference call will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 
22, 2013, and last for approximately one and a half hours. There will 
be public listening stations at the Council office and Southwest 
Fishery Science Center (see ADDRESSES, below).

ADDRESSES:
    Southwest Fishery Science Center address: 8901 La Jolla Shores 
Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kit Dahl, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HMSMT requested further guidance on an 
assignment from the March 2013 Council meeting in Tacoma, WA. The 
Pacific Council directed the HMSMT to identify potential measures that 
should be implemented pursuant to the precautionary management 
framework for North Pacific albacore currently under development at the 
international level. The HMSMT will discuss further guidance with 
Pacific Council and NMFS staff during the conference call. The HMSMT 
will hold a separate meeting to prepare a report with recommendations 
on this topic for the June 20-25, 2013, Pacific Council meeting.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during the meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
publication of this document 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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 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. 2013-10520 Filed 5-2-13; 8:45 am]
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