[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31145-31146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14427]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 052695B]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold 
public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on June 26-29, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Monarch Hotel and 
Conference Center, 12566 SE 93rd Avenue, Clackamas, OR 97015; 
telephone: (503) 652-1515.
    Submit comments to: Lawrence D. Six, Executive Director, Pacific 
Fishery Management Council; 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224; Portland, 
OR 97201; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence D. Six; telephone: (503) 326-
6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these meetings is to take a 
comprehensive look at the groundfish fishery, goals and objectives of 
the fishery management plan, and problems identified by the industry, 
other interested public, and management agencies. The Council is 
referring to this as a ``scoping session'' to identify issues that may 
or may not lead to preparation of a Federal environmental impact 
statement. The Council believes the public process of problem 
identification, open discussion, and consideration of alternative 
solutions is appropriate for this review of the groundfish management 
program.
    The format of these meetings will be a departure from the typical 
Council meeting format.

June 26, 1995

    The Council will convene at 1:30 p.m., to address some non-
groundfish issues.

June 27, 1995

    The Council will recess and three discussion groups (trawl, 
nontrawl and sport) will convene at 8:00 a.m., to address groundfish 
management issues. Each group will have an impartial, but 
knowledgeable, facilitator and a recorder. These sessions are open to 
the public.

June 28, 1995

    The Council will reconvene at 8:00 a.m., to address non-groundfish 
issues while the facilitators and recorders prepare their reports.

June 29, 1995

    Beginning at 8:00 a.m., the Council will address groundfish agenda 
items, including scoping, and the discussion group reports will be 
presented for Council consideration and action. The meetings may 
continue each day into the evening hours, if necessary, to complete 
business.
    Pacific whiting allocation will not be considered at the June 
meeting. As the 3-year whiting agreement carries through the 1996 
season, whiting allocation will be addressed in late 1995 and early 
1996.
    The following items are on the Council agenda:

A. Call to Order

    1. Opening remarks, introductions, roll call;
    2. Approve March and April 1995 minutes; and
    3. Approve agenda.

B. Administrative and Other Matters

    1. Report of the Budget Committee;
    2. Status of legislation;
    3. Appointments; and
    4. Approve August 1995 agenda.

C. Salmon Management

    1. Status of regulations and fisheries;
    2. Salmon Methodology Review: Columbia River Chinook Abundance 
Predictor; and
    3. Update on NMFS request for escapement goal review.

D. Pacific Halibut Management

    1. Annual management schedule/process; and
    2. Estimate of halibut bycatch.

E. Groundfish Management

    1. Scoping process;
    2. Status of Federal regulations implementing Council actions;
    3. Status of fisheries and inseason adjustments;
    4. Requirements for fish tickets on vessels, sorting of species and 
shrimp pot trip limits;
    5. Status of the Oregon Trawl Fishery Data Collection Program;
    6. Report of the Observer/Data Collection Program Steering 
Committee; and
    7. Scoping session on groundfish management.

F. Coastal Pelagic Species Management

    1. Anchovy spawning biomass and quotas for 1995-96 season; and
    2. Final action on coastal pelagic species fishery management plan.

G. Dungeness Crab Management--Determining if a Federal Plan Should Be 
Developed

    Oral public comments on action items on the agenda will be accepted 
prior to action on each item. Public comments on fishery issues not on 
the agenda will be accepted on June 28 at 4:00 p.m.

Other Meetings

    The Groundfish Management Team will meet on June 26, at 8:00 a.m., 
to address groundfish management items on the Council agenda.
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet on June 26, at 
10:00 a.m., to address scientific issues on the Council agenda.
    The Budget Committee will meet on June 26, at 10:00 a.m., to review 
the status of the fiscal year 1995 budget and discuss funding 
priorities for fiscal year 1996.
    The Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will meet on June 26, at 1:00 
p.m., and on June 28, from 8:00 a.m. until noon, if necessary, to 
address groundfish management items on the Council agenda.
    The Observer/Data Collection Program Steering Committee will meet 
on June 26, at 7:00 p.m., to review the proposed Oregon State Data 
Collection Program and related issues.
    The Enforcement Consultants will meet on June 26, at 7:00 p.m., to 
address enforcement issues related to Council agenda items.
    The Groundfish Permit Review Board will meet on June 28, at 2:00 
p.m., to hear appeals.
    Detailed agendas for the above advisory meetings will be available 
from the Council after June 16, 1995.
    In addition, on June 28, at 7:00 p.m., NMFS scientists will discuss 
the results of the 1994 slope trawl survey.
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee, which meets June 26, will 
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    Written public comments are accepted by the Council at any time 
(see ADDRESSES); however, the public is encouraged to submit written 
comments as far in advance of meetings as possible. Written comments 
received in the office by June 21, 1995, will be copied and distributed 
to Council members and advisory entities. After that date, individuals 
wishing to present written comments should bring 35 copies to the 
Council meeting.
    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Michelle Sailer at (503) 326-6352, 
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: June 7, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14427 Filed 6-12-95; 8:45 am]
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