[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 186 (Monday, September 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57593-57594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24586]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091900C]


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 (Council) Coastal 
Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) and Coastal Pelagic Species 
Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) will hold public meetings.

DATES: The CPSMT will meet Tuesday, October 17, 2000 from 10 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and Wednesday, October 18, 2000, from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. The 
CPSAS will meet Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 1 p.m. and may go into 
the evening until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: Both the CPSMT and CPSAS meetings will be held at NMFS 
Southwest Region Office, 501 West Ocean Blvd, Suite 4200, Long Beach, 
CA.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dan Waldeck, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council; (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There are several items scheduled for the 
CPSMT agenda, these include: Pacific sardine stock assessment and 
harvest guideline; capacity goal and other issues related to the 
limited entry fishery; and several issues related to the sardine 
fishery, e.g., seasonal distribution of the Pacific sardine stock along 
the West Coast, sub-allocation options proposed by the Oregon 
Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the effects of delaying the start 
of the sardine fishery. The primary purpose of the CPSAS meeting is to 
review documents and analyses developed by the CPSMT and to discuss 
other pertinent business.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the CPSMT and/or the CPSAS for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal CPSMT or CPSAS action during this 
meetings. CPSMT and/or CPSAS action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after 
publication of this 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 CPSMT's and/or CPSAS's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    These 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) 326-
6352 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.


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    Dated: September 20, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-24586 Filed 9-22-00; 8:45am]
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