[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 77659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30552]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD038


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 Trawl Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Technical Advisory Committee 
(GEMTAC) will hold a work session, which is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held January 22 and 23, 2014, from 9 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, Latourell 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; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the November Pacific Council meeting in 
Costa Mesa, CA, the Pacific Council adopted for further analysis a 
range of alternatives for electronic monitoring (EM) of the West Coast 
groundfish trawl catch share program and announced that, at its April 
2014 meeting, it will consider draft Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 
applications submitted for the purpose of allowing the use of EM in 
place of observers for vessels participating in the trawl 
rationalization program. In a letter to the industry, the Pacific 
Council encouraged applicants to provide draft EFP applications to the 
Pacific Council's GEMTAC before submission of a complete EFP 
application to the Pacific Council for its April meeting. The GEMTAC 
will hold a work session January 22 and 23 in Portland to discuss 
development of an impact analysis for the Council's adopted 
alternatives (January 22) and to review draft EFP applications (January 
23). The GEMTAC may comment on completeness of the study design, 
feasibility of implementation, or other elements of the draft EFP 
applications that might be considered for adjustment. No management 
actions will be decided at this meeting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the GEMTAC 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 GEMTAC's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

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 
5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 18, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-30552 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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