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Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 [Federal Register: January 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 14)]
[Notices]
[Page 2867-2868]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr23ja07-34]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 011707F]

Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
[[Page 2868]]
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly
Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) and Highly Migratory Species
Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) will hold work sessions, which are open to
the public.

DATES: The HMSMT/HMSAS work sessions will be held on Wednesday,
February 7, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Thursday, February
8, 2008, beginning at 8:30 a.m. until business is completed.

ADDRESSES: The work sessions will be held at the National Marine
Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Large Conference
Room and Green Room, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037;
telephone: (858) 546-7000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kit Dahl, Pacific Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HMSMT/HMSAS work sessions will continue
review of U.S. and Canadian albacore catch and effort data, with the
intent of recommending an appropriate method to characterize historical
effort in the fishery. The two groups will also review progress in
developing environmental impact evaluations of exempted fishing permit
proposals for 2007 and any information on potential applications for
2008. They will also discuss development of an fishery management plan
amendment to address overfishing of yellowfin tuna in the eastern
Pacific Ocean and procedures to enhance communication with regional
fishery management organizations, including the Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council. The HMSMT will also discuss preparation of the 2007
stock assessment and fishery evaluation report and related data issues.
    Although non-emergency 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 Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 18, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-933 Filed 1-22-07; 8:45 am]
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