[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 47605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20466]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG484


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad 
Hoc Sablefish Management and Trawl Allocation Attainment Committee 
(SaMTAAC) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, October 10, 2018 and 
Thursday, October 11, 2018, starting at 8 a.m. and will end when 
business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Place Portland 
Airport, Meeting Place #3, 9750 NE Cascade Station, Portland, OR 97220; 
telephone: (503) 288-2808.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jim Seger, Pacific Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2416.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this meeting, the SaMTAAC will continue 
to develop alternatives that address obstacles to achieving the goals 
and objectives of the groundfish trawl catch share plan related to 
under attainment of non-sablefish shore based trawl allocations and 
unharvested sablefish quota pounds south of 36[deg] N. latitude. The 
committee's initial work on alternatives will be presented at the 
November 2018 Council meeting to solicit further Council guidance.
    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

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

    Dated: September 17, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-20466 Filed 9-19-18; 8:45 am]
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