[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 61269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27822]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF923


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of 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 meeting will be held Monday, January 22, 2018 to Wednesday, 
January 24, 2018, and will start at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 
business is concluded on each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Glenn M. Anderson Federal 
Building, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802, on the Third Floor 
in Room 3400. Visitors need to present photo ID and pass through 
electronic security equipment to enter the building. There is no 
visitor parking available in the building for the general public. 
Metered street parking is nearby. Commercial parking lots are within 
walking distance to the building.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the HMSMT meeting is to 
finalize a preliminary analysis of the range of alternatives for 
authorizing a fishery using deep-set buoy gear adopted by the Pacific 
Council in September 2017. The HMSMT will provide the draft analysis at 
the Pacific Council's March 2018 meeting. At that meeting the Council 
is scheduled to further refine the alternatives as needed and adopt a 
preliminary preferred alternative, if possible. 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 non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this meeting. 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

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820-2411 at least 10 
business days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 20, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-27822 Filed 12-26-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P