HMS Plan Development Team and
HMS Advisory Subpanel

Work Session October 22-23, 2002

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly Migratory Species Plan Development Team (HMSPDT) and Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) will hold a work session, which is open to the public.

The HMSPDT and HMSAS will meet Tuesday, October 22, 2002 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; and Wednesday, October 23, 2002 from 9 a.m. until business for the day is completed.

The work session will be held at the following location:

Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, West Room
2595 Ingraham Street
San Diego, CA 92109
(619) 226-3870

The primary purpose of the work session is to review the September 2002 draft highly migratory species (HMS) fishery management plan (FMP) and develop recommendations to the Council. The FMP is scheduled for final Council action in November 2002.

This is a public meeting and time for public comment will be provided at the discretion of the HMSPDT and HMSAS chairmen. This is not a public hearing, it is a work session devoted to completing the draft HMS FMP for final Council consideration.

In our continuing efforts to streamline our meeting notification process, we are building an email notification list. If you would like to be notified of future meetings via email, please contact Ms. Kerry Aden at 503-820-2409 or kerry.aden@noaa.gov to provide your email address.

The 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 five days prior to the meeting date.

Contact Daniel Waldeck at (503) 820-2280 for more information.