Highly Migratory Species Management Team to Meet

Work Session Dates: July 31-August 1, 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 Thursday, July 31 and from 8:30 a.m. until the business of the meeting is finished on Friday, August 1, 2008.

Meeting Location

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

Purpose of the Meeting

The HMSMT will discuss the following topics:

1. The environmental analysis for a range of alternatives for a limited entry program to allow a shallow-set longline fishery, which targets swordfish, to be prosecuted from the West Coast, including qualifying criteria for limited entry;
2. a range of options for the management of the recreational fishery for thresher sharks in California;
3. preparation of the 2008 HMS Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report;
4. a NMFS proposal to develop management concepts for the West Coast albacore troll fishery; and
5. application of the results of a recent workshop on interactions between West Coast swordfish fisheries and leatherback sea turtles to future research, monitoring, and management.

For further information

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 July 31-August 1, 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
06/24/08