Highly Migratory Species Management Team to Meet

Work Session Dates: January 15-16, 2008

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will a hold work session, which is open to the public. The work session will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15 and from 8:30 a.m. until the business of the meeting is finished on Wednesday, January 16, 2008.

The meeting will be held at the following location:

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

The HMSMT will discuss two major topics: (1) developing a range of alternatives for a limited entry program to allow a shallow-set longline fishery, which targets swordfish, to be prosecuted on the high seas from the West Coast and (2) a draft report on Council recommendations in response to overfishing of Eastern Pacific yellowfin tuna, as required by Section 304(i) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The Council is scheduled to take up both these issues at their March 2008, meeting in Sacramento, California. Time permitting the HMSMT may discuss additional items to include PacFIN/RecFIN data issues and preparation of the Highly Migratory Species Stock Assessment Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report.

If you have received this notice by mail, but would like to be notified of future meetings via email, please contact Ms. Carrie Montgomery 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 ext. 411 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

For more information on the January 15-16, 2008, Highly Migratory Species Management Team work session, please contact Dr. Kit Dahl at (503) 820-2280 ext. 422, or toll free 1-866-806-7204.

PFMC
12/18/07