Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 17901 [2010-7995]
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 67 / Thursday, April 8, 2010 / Notices
Dated: April 5, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–7993 Filed 4–7–10; 8:45 am]
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Coastal Pelagic Species Management
Team (CPSMT) will hold a meeting that
is open to the public.
DATES: The CPSMT will meet Tuesday,
April 27, 2010, through Friday, April
30, 2010. The meeting will begin each
day at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m.
or until business is completed each day.
ADDRESSES: The CPSMT meeting will be
held at the Pacific Fishery Management
Council Offices, Large Conference
Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place,
Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220;
telephone: (503) 820–2280.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; telephone:
(503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to develop
alternative amendments to the Pacific
Council’s Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS)
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) in
response to new requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) including, overfishing levels
(OFLs), acceptable biological catch
(ABC), and annual catch limits (ACLs).
The CPSMT will discuss CPS FMP
amendment alternatives and develop a
work plan for completing review
materials for the June 2010 meeting of
the Pacific Council. The CPSMT will
also discuss the pending Essential Fish
Habitat five-year review; the 2010 Stock
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
document; Pacific mackerel research
and management; and other issues
relating to CPS management.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the CPSMT for discussion,
those issues may not be the subject of
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formal CPSMT action during this
meeting. CPSMT 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 intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
This 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: April 5, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–7995 Filed 4–7–10; 8:45 am]
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a three-day Council meeting on
April 27–29, 2010 to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will begin on each
of the three days at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Mystic Hilton Hotel, 20 Coogan
Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355;
telephone: (860) 572–0731; fax: (860)
572–0328.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Following any introductions and
announcements, the Council meeting
will begin with a series of brief reports
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from the Council Chairman and
Executive Director, the NOAA Fisheries
Northeast Regional Administrator,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center and
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council liaisons, as well as NOAA
General Counsel, representatives of the
U.S. Coast Guard and the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission and
NOAA Enforcement. These reports will
be followed by a review of any
experimental fishery permit
applications that have been received
since the last Council meeting. There
will be a brief review of several policy
changes to the Council’s Handbook and
a vote on those changes. The Herring
Committee will then report on the
details of its recommendation
concerning the timing of the next
Atlantic herring benchmark assessment,
as well as provide the full Council with
an overview of discussions to date on
the development of Amendment 5 to the
Atlantic Herring Fishery Management
Plan (FMP). Following a lunch break the
Habitat Committee will review the
development of Omnibus Amendment 2
management alternatives to minimize
any adverse effects of fishing on
essential fish habitat. The Monkfish
Committee will ask for approval of final
action on Amendment 5 to the Monkfish
FMP. Measures under consideration
include annual catch limits and
accountability measures, along with
days-at-sea and trip limits for 2011–
2013 and other modifications.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
The second day of the Council
meeting will begin with a review of the
most recent Interspecies Committee
discussions. Topics will include fishery
management plan restructuring and/or
consolidation; setting accumulation
limits for the Northeast multispecies
fishery, including possible control dates
for the limits to become effective; and a
committee work plan.
There will be a presentation by
scientists from the Universities of CT
and RI titled ‘‘Goals and Concerns of
Fishery Stakeholder in the Development
of Catch Share Management in NE.’’ The
Council’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) will report after a
lunch break on its recommendations for
revised skate and red crab Acceptable
Biological Catch levels. The Council
will consider action for both the Skate
and Red Crab FMPs after the SSC report.
Fishery management measures in each
plan may be modified.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Council’s Groundfish Committee
will discuss and possibly select
alternative rebuilding strategies for
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XV70
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)
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team (CPSMT) will hold a meeting
that is open to the public.
DATES: The CPSMT will meet Tuesday, April 27, 2010, through Friday,
April 30, 2010. The meeting will begin each day at 8:30 a.m. and
conclude at 5 p.m. or until business is completed each day.
ADDRESSES: The CPSMT meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery
Management Council Offices, Large Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador
Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 820-2280.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer;
telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to develop
alternative amendments to the Pacific Council's Coastal Pelagic Species
(CPS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) in response to new requirements of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA)
including, overfishing levels (OFLs), acceptable biological catch
(ABC), and annual catch limits (ACLs). The CPSMT will discuss CPS FMP
amendment alternatives and develop a work plan for completing review
materials for the June 2010 meeting of the Pacific Council. The CPSMT
will also discuss the pending Essential Fish Habitat five-year review;
the 2010 Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation document; Pacific
mackerel research and management; and other issues relating to CPS
management.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may come before the CPSMT for discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of formal CPSMT action during this meeting. CPSMT 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 intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This 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: April 5, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-7995 Filed 4-7-10; 8:45 am]
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