Highly Migratory Species
Plan Development Team Meeting

April 17-19, 2002
La Jolla, CA

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

The HMSPDT will meet on Wednesday, April 17, 2002; Thursday, April 18, 2002; and Friday, April 19, 2002. The HMSPDT will meet each day from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., except for Friday, when the HMSPDT will meet from 8 a.m. until business for the day is completed.

The work session will be held at the following location:

National Marine Fisheries Service
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Large Conference Room
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, Room D-203
La Jolla, California  92037
(858) 546-7000

The primary purpose of the work session is to scope and review revisions to the draft fishery management plan (FMP) for West Coast highly migratory species fisheries per Council guidance from the March 2002 Council meeting. The HMS FMP is scheduled for final Council action in November 2002.

While this is a public meeting and time for public comment will be allotted, this is not a public hearing. This is a work session devoted to completing the draft HMS FMP for future Council consideration. Time for public comment will be provided at the discretion of the HMSPDT co-chairs.

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) 326-6352 at least five days prior to the meeting date.