[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 47675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18941]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC794


Pacific Fishery Management 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's (Pacific Council) Ad 
Hoc Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Committee and Ad Hoc Trawl 
Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Technical Advisory Committee (GEM 
Committees) will hold a work session, which is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held August 20 and 21, 2013, from 8 a.m. 
until the earlier of 5 p.m. or when business for each day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Portland 
Airport, Salon C Room, 8439 NE., Columbia Blvd. Portland, OR, 97220, 
telephone: 503-256-5000.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE., Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brett Wiedoff, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Council: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
discuss and develop potential alternatives for electronic monitoring 
(EM) for vessels participating in the West Coast groundfish trawl catch 
share program for consideration by the Pacific Council and to develop 
other recommendations as needed to further the Pacific Council process 
for considering EM. The GEM Committees were established by the Pacific 
Council at the June 2013 meeting in Garden Grove, California. No 
management actions will be decided at this meeting. The meeting will 
include review of the 2013 Trawl Catch Share Program EM Workshop Report 
and other reports to guide discussions. Although nonemergency issues 
not contained in the meeting agenda may come before the GEM committees 
for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this meeting. The meeting 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 GEM committees' intent to 
take final action to address the emergency. A meeting report will be 
prepared by Pacific Council staff for consideration by the Pacific 
Council at its September 2013 meeting in Boise, Idaho.

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 1, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-18941 Filed 8-5-13; 8:45 am]
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