[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 22951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09427]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD253


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 Lower Columbia River Natural Coho Workgroup (LRC Workgroup) will 
hold a public work session in Portland, OR. The meeting is open to the 
public, but is not intended as a public hearing. Public comments will 
be taken at the discretion of the LRC Workgroup chair as time allows.

DATES: The work session will begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014 
and will proceed until 5 p.m. or until business for the day is 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Pacific Council office, 
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384, 
telephone: (503) 820-2280 (voice) or (503) 820-2299 (fax).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Burner, telephone: (503) 820-
2414.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the work session is 
to discuss and develop recommendations on the status of Lower Columbia 
River coho stocks, alternative harvest policies, risk assessment 
methods and criteria, and to draft a report on coho populations in the 
upper Willamette River. The reports and recommendations developed by 
the LRC Workgroup will be presented to the Pacific Council, its 
advisory bodies, and the public at the June 2014 Pacific Council 
meeting in Garden Grove, CA. The LRC Workgroup may also discuss and 
consider recommendations to the Pacific Council regarding items of 
interest on the Pacific Council's June 2014 meeting agenda.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the LRC Workgroup 
meeting agendas may come before the LRC Workgroup for discussion, those 
issues may not be the subject of formal LRC Workgroup action during 
this meeting. LRC Workgroup action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and to any issues arising after 
publication of this document requiring emergency action under Section 
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the LRC Workgroup's intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This public 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) 
820-2425 (voice), or (503) 820-2299 (fax) at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: April 22, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-09427 Filed 4-24-14; 8:45 am]
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