[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 145 (Monday, July 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 35509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16033]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0658-XF568


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, August 8, 2017 to 
Thursday, August 10, 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 in the Pacific Room at the 
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La 
Jolla, CA 92037-1508; phone: (858) 546-7000.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the HMSMT meeting is to 
respond to Council guidance from its June 2017 meeting on further 
development of a range of alternatives for authorizing a fishery using 
deep-set buoy gear. The HMSMT will provide an updated range of 
alternatives at the Council's September 2017 meeting. The Council is 
scheduled to adopt the range of alternatives for public review. The 
HMSMT may also discuss other HMS topics on the Council's September 
agenda. These topics include final action on Amendment 4 to the HMS 
Fishery Management Plan, international management issues, review of 
exempted fishing permit proposals to use deep-set buoy gear, and 
swordfish management project planning. Although not on the September 
Council meeting agenda, the HMSMT may also discuss 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) 820-2411 at least 
10 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: July 26, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-16033 Filed 7-28-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P