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PFMC to Consider a Variety of Pacific Ocean Fishery Management
Issues
Council Meeting Dates: September 7-12, 2008
August 15, 2008. -- The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory
entities will meet September 7-12, 2008, in Boise, Idaho
to address issues related to groundfish, highly migratory species,
Pacific halibut, salmon, and essential fish habitat.
Agenda
Key agenda items include Council action to:
Salmon Management
 | Establish final methodology review priorities for potential use in
the 2009 salmon season.
| Review progress reports on 1) causes of the 2008 salmon
failure and 2) the Central Valley salmon recovery plan. |
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Groundfish Management
| Take final action or adopt a preliminary preferred alternative for
public review from the Amendment 22: Open Access Limitation
Draft Environmental Assessment.
| Adopt a final groundfish essential fish habitat review process.
| Consider in season adjustments to the 2008 groundfish
fishery.
| Finalize recommendations for 2009 exempted fishing permits.
| Adopt final Terms of Reference for 2009 stock assessments. |
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Highly Migratory Species Management
| Adopt proposed changes to the 2009-2010 management measures
to be sent out for public review.
| Refine alternatives for amending the management plan for the high
seas shallow set longline fishery (Amendment 2). |
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Pacific Halibut Management
| Consider proposed changes to the Pacific halibut catch sharing
plan for 2009 and annual regulations.
| Recommend catch apportionment methodology to the International
Pacific Halibut Commission. |
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For more information on the meetings, please refer to the Agenda
for a complete list of issues to be addressed. A schedule of advisory
group meetings is provided on the last pages of the September
agenda.
Meeting Location and Arrangements
Meetings of the Council and its advisory entities will be held at:
Doubletree
Hotel Boise – Riverside
2900 Chinden Boulevard
Boise, Idaho 83714
Phone: (208) 343-1871
All meetings are open to the public, except a closed session to be
held on Monday, September 8, from 8 am to 9 am, to
discuss litigation and personnel matters. For more information on the
meetings, refer to the Agenda
or call the Council office at 503-820-2280 or toll free 1-866-806-7204.
Public Comment Guidelines
The public is encouraged to comment, either verbally at the meeting
or in writing. Timing of agenda items may change as the meeting
progresses, and items not completed on the scheduled day will be carried
over to later in the meeting, usually the next day.
Oral Public Comments
| Oral public comments will be accepted prior to action on each
agenda item.
| Comments on fishery issues not on the agenda will be accepted at
the beginning of the day on Monday, September 8 (under Agenda
Item B.1.a). |
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Written Public Comments
| The public is encouraged to submit any written public comments as
far in advance of the meeting as possible.
| Comments received by 11:59 pm on August 20, 2008
will be included in the briefing books mailed to Council members
prior to the meeting.
| Comments received after August 20, 2008 but by 11:59 pm
on September 2 will be distributed to Council
members at the onset of the meeting. Comments received at the
Council office on September 3 or later will not be distributed
at the meeting, and will not be included in the meeting record.
| If you cannot meet this latter deadline, but would like your
written comments distributed to Council members at the meeting,
please bring 40 three-hole punched copies to the meeting
with the agenda item topic number in the upper right corner of the
front page of each copy. Refer to the Agenda
for the topic numbers. |
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Additional Information
These meetings are open to the public and are 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 ext. 411 or toll
free (866) 806-7204 at least five days prior to the meeting
date.
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