[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-14462]


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[Federal Register: June 14, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060994E]

 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of emergency public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold an 
emergency meeting by telephone conference call on June 17, 1994, 
beginning at 8 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) to address a problem with 
the West Coast groundfish trawl fishery.
    Public listening stations will be set up at various ports along the 
Washington, Oregon, and California coast.
    At the April Council meeting, the Groundfish Management Team (GMT) 
projected that landings of several groundfish species, among these 
thornyheads and trawl-caught sablefish, were likely to reach their 
designated harvest guidelines before the end of the year. No action was 
taken to slow the rate of landings at that time due to uncertainty 
about the effects of the license limitation program, the Pacific 
whiting fishery, and the West Coast shrimp fishery. Since the April 
meeting, the landed catch of thornyheads and trawl-caught sablefish has 
increased substantially, and harvest guidelines are expected to be 
attained by August 7 (thornyheads) and August 26 (trawl-caught 
sablefish).
    The Council will consider action to slow these rates prior to the 
regularly scheduled meeting of August 2-5. The GMT will report on 
projected landings of thornyheads and trawl-caught sablefish, and 
present a list of management options for the Dover sole/thornyhead/
trawl-caught sablefish (DTS) complex fishery. The Council will accept 
comments from its advisors and the public and then adopt a management 
recommendation which probably will take effect July 1. The Council will 
review this action at its regularly scheduled meeting August 2-5.
    Because of the urgent nature of this issue and the need for the 
Council to address the matter immediately, this Federal Register notice 
may appear after the meeting.

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Michelle Perry Sailer at (503) 326-6352 at least 
5 days prior to the meeting date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence D. Six, Executive Director, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2000 SW. First Avenue, Suite 420, 
Portland, OR 97201; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

    Dated: June 9, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-14462 Filed 6-9-94; 4:25 pm]
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