[Birdbycatch] Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan hearings

[Liz Mitchell]

Greetings Everyone,

The Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold public hearings to receive 
public comment on the draft fishery management plan (FMP) for West Coast 
highly migratory species (HMS) fisheries.  Fishing gear types include: 
coastal purse seine, tropical Tuna Fishery using purse seine, 
pole-and-line, and pelagic longline, pelagic longline, drift gillnet, 
troll, handline, recreational, and harpoon, bait boat, etc.

A draft of the plan may be obtained at the address below.  They are 
available in either hard copy (paper) or electronic copy (PDF format on a 
CD).  It may also be viewed on the Council web site: 
<http://www.pcouncil.org/HMS/2draftfmp/2fmpindex.html>:

Pacific Fishery Management Council
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200
Portland, Oregon 97220-1384
Tel: (503)326-6352

Hearings will be held on the following dates (all times are Pacific 
Standard Time):

1.  January 28: Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington Street, Room 
172, Olympia, Washington 98501, 4 PM

2.  January 29: Red Lion Inn, Pacific Room, 400 Industry, Astoria, Oregon 
97103, 7 PM

3.  January 30: Red Lion Hotel, South Umpqua Room, 1313 N. Bayshore Drive, 
Coos Bay, Oregon 97420, 7PM

4.  January 31: Red Lion Hotel Eureka, Evergreen Room, 1929 Fourth Street, 
Eureka, California 95501, 7PM

5.  February 1: Moss Landing Community Center, 8071 Moss Landing Road, Moss 
Landing, California 95039, 7PM

6.  February 2:  Hilton Port of Los Angeles, Terrasini Room, 2800 Via 
Cabrillo Marina, San Pedro, California 90731, 11AM

7.  February 4:  Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham Street, 
San Diego, California 92109, 7PM

The public may also provide oral and written comments on the draft FMP 
during the March 2002 Council meeting, which will be held March 11-15, 2002 
at the Red Lion Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, California.  At 
that time the Council is scheduled to take final action on the HMS FMP, so 
it if you have comments, it would be good to get them to the council and 
team members well in advance. Council and HMS team members' contact 
addresses can be found at the Council web site (go to "Council Family"): 
<http://www.pcouncil.org>

Thanks very much,

Liz Mitchell
Seabird Bycatch Project


Elizabeth Mitchell
P.O. Box 933
Eugene, Oregon 97440
U.S.A.
Tel: (541) 344-5503
E-mail: emitch@efn.org