[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 56573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22459]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD508


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 (Pacific Council) will 
convene a meeting of its Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team 
(CPSMT). The meeting will be a work session to further develop the 
draft environmental assessment for Pacific sardine harvest faction.

DATES: The CPSMT meeting will be held Wednesday, October 8 through 
Thursday, October 9, 2014. The meeting will begin the first day at 12 
p.m. and the second day at 8 a.m. The meeting will conclude each day at 
5 p.m. or when business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Pacific Conference Room of 
the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., 
La Jolla, CA 92037-1508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; 
telephone: (503) 820-2409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to further 
develop the draft environmental assessment (EA) on Pacific sardine 
harvest fraction. This will include continued work on the description 
of the alternatives, work on the analysis of alternatives, as well as 
other parts of the EA.
    The Council initiated a process to use a new temperature index, as 
well as a new temperature-recruitment relationship, in sardine harvest 
control rules. The analysis in the draft EA will help the Council make 
an informed decision, and to take final action, currently scheduled for 
the November 2014 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 meeting room 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: September 17, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-22459 Filed 9-19-14; 8:45 am]
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