[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2399-2400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00612]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD716


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; 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 HMSMT will meet Wednesday, February 4 to Friday, February 6, 
2015. This meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. and continue until business 
is concluded on each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the following location: Best 
Western Plus Inn by the Sea, Wind and Sea Room, 7830 Fay Avenue, La 
Jolla, CA 92037.
    Council address: Pacific Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HMSMT will discuss assignments and 
develop reports for HMS topics to be taken up at Pacific Council 
meetings in 2015. Topics on the March 2015 Council agenda that the 
HMSMT will focus on include: (1) Developing a Drift Gillnet Management 
and Monitoring Plan purpose and need statement and contents; (2) 
analyzing the range of alternatives adopted by the Council in November 
2014 for bycatch reduction and monitoring for the California drift 
gillnet fishery; and (3) reviewing and making recommendations on 
exempted fishing permit proposals. The HMSMT will also discuss the 
planned management strategy evaluation for North Pacific albacore tuna 
to be conducted by the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and 
Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean and potential Council 
advice to the U.S. delegation. Time-permitting, the HMSMT may discuss 
initial planning for topics on future Council meetings including the 
authorization of a shallow-set longline fishery outside the west coast 
Exclusive Economic Zone and creating a Federal limited entry permit for 
the California drift gillnet fishery.

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    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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2425 at least 
5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 13, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-00612 Filed 1-15-15; 8:45 am]
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