[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12541-12542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5545]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 022895E]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings and Hearings

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of reports; notice of public meetings 
and hearings; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council has begun its annual 
preseason management process for the 1995 ocean salmon fisheries. This 
notice announces the availability of Council documents and the dates 
and locations of Council meetings and public hearings. Notices of 
meetings and hearings, and their respective agendas, will be published 
in the Federal Register prior to each meeting or hearing.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for dates and times of public 
meetings and hearings in March and April. Written comments on the 
season options must be received by March 29, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Lawrence D. Six, 
Executive Director, Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201; telephone: (503) 326-6352. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for meeting and hearing locations in 
California, Oregon, and Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Coon, Salmon Fishery Management 
Coordinator, Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, 
Suite 224, Portland, OR; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The following actions comprise the complete schedule of events 
followed by the Council for determining the annual proposed and final 
modifications to ocean salmon management measures.
    March 1, 1995: Council reports which summarize the 1994 salmon 
season and project the expected salmon stock abundance for 1995 were 
made available to the public from the Council office.
    March 6-10, 1995: Council and advisory entities meet at the Holiday 
Inn San Francisco International Airport North, South San Francisco, CA, 
to adopt 1995 regulatory options for public review. (See 60 FR 9325, 
February 17, 1995.)
    March 20, 1995: Report with proposed management options and public 
hearing schedule is mailed and made available to the public (see 
ADDRESSES). (The report includes options, rationale, and a summary of 
biological and economic impacts.)
    March 27-29, 1995: Public hearings are held to receive comments on 
the proposed ocean salmon fishery regulatory options adopted by the 
Council (see below).
    April 3-7, 1995: The Council and its advisory entities meet at the 
Red Lion Hotel Columbia River, 1401 North Hayden Island Drive, 
Portland, OR, to adopt final 1995 regulatory measures.
    April 13, 1995: A newsletter describing adopted ocean salmon 
fishing management measures is mailed [[Page 12542]] and made available 
to the public (see ADDRESSES).
    April 7-21, 1995: Salmon Technical Team completes the Preseason 
Report III Analysis of Council Adopted Regulatory Measures for 1995 
Ocean Salmon Fisheries.
    May 1, 1995: Federal regulations are implemented and the preseason 
report is available for distribution to the public.

Public Hearings

    All public hearings will begin at 7 p.m. on the dates and at the 
locations specified below.
    March 27, 1995: Westport High School Commons, 2850 S. Montesano 
Street, Westport, WA.
    March 28, 1995: Red Lion Inn, Chinook Room, 400 Industry, Astoria, 
OR.
    March 28, 1995: Red Lion Inn, Evergreen Room, 1929 Fourth Street, 
Eureka, CA.
    March 29, 1995: Pony Village Motor Inn, Ballroom, Virginia Avenue, 
North Bend, OR.
    March 29, 1995: California Department of Fish and Game, Auditorium, 
1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA
    These public meetings and hearings are 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.

    Dated: March 1, 1995.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-5545 Filed 3-6-95; 8:45 am]
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