Meetings: Pacific Fishery Management Council

Federal Register: July 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 145)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XJ26

Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon

Technical Team (STT) will hold a work session, which is open to the public, to develop recommendations for the September 2008 Council meeting.

DATES: The work session will be held Thursday, August 14, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday, August 15, 2008, from 8 a.m. to noon.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Pacific Fishery

Management Council Office, Large Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador

Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management

Staff Officer, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the work session is to develop comments and recommendations to be included in the Council's

September meeting briefing book related to salmon management, specifically, annual catch limits, research and data needs, the Central

Valley recovery plan, and salmon methodology review topics.

Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda may come before the STT for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal STT action during this meeting. STT 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 STT'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: July 23, 2008.

Tracey L. Thompson,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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