[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17382-17383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7354]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA329


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) 
Tule Chinook Workgroup (TCW) will hold a meeting to review initial work 
products and revise future work plans relative to developing an 
abundance-based harvest management approach for Columbia River natural 
tule Chinook. This meeting of the TCW is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2011, from 9 a.m. 
to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Washington Department of 
Fish and Wildlife Region 5 Office, 2108 Grand Boulevard, Vancouver, WA 
98661; telephone: (360) 696-6211.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management 
Staff Officer, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 
820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting of the TCW will involve review 
of initial work products and refining future work plans. Eventually, 
TCW work products will be reviewed by the Pacific Council, and if 
approved, would be submitted to NMFS for possible consideration in the 
next Lower Columbia River tule biological opinion for ocean salmon 
seasons in 2012 and beyond, and distributed to State and Federal 
recovery planning processes. In the event a usable approach emerges 
from this process, the Pacific Council may consider a fishery 
management plan (FMP) amendment process beginning after November 2011 
to adopt the approach as a formal conservation objective in the Salmon 
FMP.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the TCW for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this

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notice 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 Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 24, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-7354 Filed 3-28-11; 8:45 am]
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