[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 19284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08172]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD890


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will 
convene a Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meeting to review the 
Pacific mackerel stock assessment.

DATES: The STAR Panel meeting will be held Monday, April 27 through 
Wednesday, April 29, 2015. That meeting will begin the first day at 9 
a.m. and at 8 a.m. each subsequent day. The meeting will conclude each 
day at 5 p.m. or when business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meetings 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 primary purpose of the meeting is to 
review a full stock assessment for Pacific mackerel. The review panel 
will consist of two members of the Council's Scientific and Statistical 
Committee's Subcommittee on Coastal Pelagic Species, plus two 
independent experts. The Council will use the 2015 assessment to 
establish Pacific mackerel fishery management measures and harvest 
specifications for both the 2015-16 and the 2016-17 fishing years. The 
Pacific mackerel fishing year begins July 1 and ends the following June 
30 each year. Representatives of the Council's CPS Management Team and 
the CPS Advisory Subpanel will also participate in the review, as 
advisers.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this 
meeting. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of 
this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the 
Council'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. Dale Sweetnam, (858) 546-7170, at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 6, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-08172 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]
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