[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42069-42070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17583]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XX62


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)

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Salmon Technical Team (STT) and Habitat Committee (HC) sub-committees 
will hold a joint meeting to develop a draft assessment of the factors 
triggering an overfishing concern for SRFC. The report will include 
analyses of fishing and non-fishing related factors, and 
recommendations for stock rebuilding. This meeting of the STT and HC 
sub-committees is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, August 31, 2010, from 8:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the California Department of 
Fish and Game, 474 Aviation Blvd., Suite 130, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management 
Staff Officer, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to update a 
report assessing the cause of SRFC failing to meet the 122,000 adult 
spawner conservation objective, and the implication to the long-term 
productivity of the stock not meeting that objective, for three 
consecutive years.
    When a salmon stock managed by the Pacific Council fails to meet 
its conservation objective for three consecutive years, an overfishing 
concern is triggered according to the terms of the Pacific Coast Salmon 
Plan (Salmon Plan). The Salmon Plan requires the Pacific Council to 
direct its STT and HC to undertake a review of the status of the stock 
in question and determine if excessive harvest was responsible for the 
shortfall, if other factors were involved, and the significance of the 
stock depression with regard to achieving maximum sustainable yield. 
The assessment is scheduled to be completed in time to report to the 
Pacific Council at its March 2011 meeting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the subcommittees for discussion, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal action during these meetings. 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 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 14, 2010.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-17583 Filed 7-19-10; 8:45 am]
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