Highly Migratory Species Management Team
and Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel

Meeting Dates: February 7-8, 2007

The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) and Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) will hold work sessions, which are open to the public. The HMSMT and HMSAS will hold both separate and joint work sessions on Wednesday, February 7, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Thursday, February 8, 2007, beginning at 8:30 a.m. until business is completed.

The meetings will be held at the following location:

National Marine Fisheries Service
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Large Conference Room & Green Room
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, California 92037
Phone: 858-546-7000

The work sessions will continue review of U.S. and Canadian albacore catch and effort data, with the intent of recommending an appropriate method to characterize historical effort in the fishery. The two groups will also review progress in developing environmental impact evaluations of exempted fishing permit proposals for 2007 and any information on potential applications for 2008. They will also discuss development of an FMP amendment to address overfishing of yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean and procedures to enhance communication with regional fishery management organizations, including the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council. The HMSMT will also discuss preparation of the 2007 stock assessment and fishery evaluation report and related data issues.

If you have received this notice by mail, but would like to be notified of future meetings via email, please contact Ms. Carrie Compton at (503) 820-2280 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.

For more information on the February 7-8, 2007, Highly Migratory Species Management Team and Highly Migratory Species Advisory Subpanel work session, please contact Dr. Kit Dahl at (503) 820-2280 ext. 422, or toll free 1-866-806-7204.

PFMC
01/10/07