[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 11905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03787]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF232


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 (HMSMT) will hold a meeting, 
which is open to the public.

DATES: The HMSMT meeting will be on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 to 
Thursday, April 20, 2017. This meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. and 
continue until business is concluded on each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Martin-Johnson House (T-29), 
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 8840 Biological Grade, La Jolla, CA 
92037; phone: (858) 534-5604.
    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: Two main topics will be discussed at the 
HMSMT meeting. The first is the development of a range of alternatives 
for authorizing a fishery using deep-set buoy gear. The Council 
directed the HMSMT to propose a range of alternatives for the Council 
to consider adopting for public review at its June 7-14 meeting in 
Spokane, Washington. The second topic is the review of biological 
reference points for HMS stocks managed under the Council's Fishery 
Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory 
Species. These biological reference points, identified in the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, include maximum 
sustainable yield, optimum yield, and status determination criteria. 
The HMSMT will initially focus on identifying these reference points 
for Pacific bluefin tuna. Other topics the HMSMT may discuss include 
updates to the HMS Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation document and 
HMS-related matters scheduled on future Council agendas.
    Although nonemergency 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

    The 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) 820-2280 at least 
10 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: February 22, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-03787 Filed 2-24-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P