[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 179 (Monday, September 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 43526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19745]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF692


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a week-long work session 
that is open to the public.

DATES: The GMT meeting will be held Monday, October 2, 2017, from 1 
p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) until business for the day is completed. 
The GMT meeting will reconvene Tuesday, October 3 through Thursday, 
October 5, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. until business for each day has been 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pacific Council, Large 
Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 
97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kelly Ames, Pacific Council; 
phone: (503) 820-2426.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the GMT meeting is to 
develop recommendations for consideration by the Pacific Council at its 
November 14-20, 2017 meeting in Costa Mesa, California. Specific agenda 
topics include the development of the 2019-2020 harvest specifications 
and management measures including rebuilding analyses. The GMT may also 
address other groundfish and administrative agenda items scheduled for 
the November Council meeting. A detailed agenda will be available on 
the Council's Web site prior to the meeting. No management actions will 
be decided by the GMT.
    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 public listening station is 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 business days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 13, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-19745 Filed 9-15-17; 8:45 am]
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