[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22975-22976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09585]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD904


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Highly Migratory Species Management Team will hold a meeting, which is 
open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, May 13 to Friday, May 15,

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2015. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on each day. On Wednesday and 
Thursday, the meeting will end at 5 p.m. or when business for the day 
is concluded. On Friday, the meeting will end at midday.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Pacific Room, Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kit Dahl, Pacific Council; telephone: 
(503) 820-2422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
review analyses and prepare a report to the Council on its Swordfish 
Fishery Management and Monitoring Plan. The Plan contains options for 
managing and monitoring the California large mesh drift gillnet (DGN) 
fishery including high priority protected species hard caps, fishery 
performance objectives, and monitoring goals. If available, the Highly 
Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) may review preliminary 
exempted fishing permit applications that would be submitted or 
resubmitted to the Council at its June meeting. The HMSMT will also 
review updates to the Highly Migratory Species Stock Assessment and 
Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report. The HMSMT may also plan reports for 
other HMS items on the Council's June agenda, including international 
issues and the planned management strategy evaluation for North Pacific 
albacore tuna to be conducted by the International Scientific Committee 
for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during these meetings. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
publication of this document 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 intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 21, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-09585 Filed 4-23-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P