82 FR 8915 - Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 20 (February 1, 2017)

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Technical Advisory Committee and Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Policy Advisory Committee (GEM Committees) will hold a joint work session, which is open to the public.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8915-8916]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02105]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF191


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad 
Hoc Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Technical Advisory Committee and 
Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Policy Advisory Committee (GEM 
Committees) will hold a joint work session, which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, February 22, 2017, from 9 
a.m. until 5 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) or when business for the day 
has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Radisson Hotel Portland 
Airport; Concourse Meeting Room, 6233 NE 78th Court, Portland, OR 
97218; telephone: (503) 251-2000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brett Wiedoff, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the work session is 
to discuss development of an impact analysis for the Pacific Council's 
adopted alternatives for an electronic monitoring program for bottom 
trawl and midwater trawl vessels that target

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groundfish other than whiting in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Limited 
Entry Trawl Fishery. No management actions will be decided at this work 
session. The work session will include review and discussion of the 
Council's adopted alternatives and other reports.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the GEM Committees for discussion, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal action during this meeting. The work session 
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 GEM committees' 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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least 
10 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 27, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-02105 Filed 1-31-17; 8:45 am]
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