[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 542-543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33277]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA126


Pacific Fishery Management Council (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 (Pacific Council) will 
convene a meeting of the Ecosystem Plan Development Team (EPDT) which 
is open to the public.

DATES: The EPDT will meet on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, beginning at 
1:30 p.m. and on Thursday, January 27th beginning at 8:30 a.m. Both 
meeting sessions will conclude at 5 p.m., or when business for each day 
is completed.

ADDRESSES: The EPDT meeting will be held at the NMFS, Southwest 
Fisheries Science Center, Conference Room, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa 
Cruz, CA 95060; telephone: (831) 420-3900.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Burner, Staff Officer; telephone: 
(503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please note, this is not a public hearing; 
it is a work session for the primary purpose of drafting a report and 
recommendations to the Council on the development of an Ecosystem 
Fishery Management Plan (EFMP). At the September 2010 Council meeting, 
the EPDT and the Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel provided an initial report 
on EFMP development that included a draft statement of purpose and 
need, a list of initial goals and objectives, and options for the 
EFMP's geographic range, managed species, and regulatory scope. In 
response, the Council tasked the EPDT with a review of the Council's 
four fishery management plans (FMPs) to identify existing ecosystem-
based principles as well as common management needs that may benefit 
from a coordinated overarching EFMP framework. A draft version of an 
EPDT report responding to the Council's direction will be reviewed at 
this meeting and is ultimately scheduled to be presented to the Council 
and its Advisory Bodies at the March 2011 Council meeting in Vancouver, 
WA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the EPDT for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of

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formal EPDT action during this meeting. EPDT 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: December 30, 2010.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-33277 Filed 1-4-11; 8:45 am]
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