[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4335]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 021596C]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory entities will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held March 11-15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Red Lion Hotel - Columbia 
River, 1401 North Hayden Island Drive, Portland, OR 97217; telephone: 
(503) 283-2111.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council meeting will begin on March 12, 
at 8:00 a.m. in a closed session (not open to the public) to discuss 
litigation. The open session begins at 8:30 a.m. The Council meeting 
will reconvene at 8:00 a.m. each day, March 13 through March 15. The 
meetings may continue each day into the evening hours, if necessary, to 
complete business.
    The following items are on the Council agenda:
    A. Call to Order
    B. Salmon Management
    1. Review of 1995 Fisheries and Summary of 1996 Stock Abundance 
Estimates;
    2. Preliminary Definition of 1996 Management Options;
    3. Status of Reviews to Determine Causes of Stock Declines for 
Several Puget Sound Chinook Stocks, Strait of Juan de Fuca Coho, and 
Quillayute Chinook;
    4. Adoption of 1996 Management Options for Salmon Technical Team 
Analysis;
    5. Schedule of Hearings and Appointment of Hearing Officers; and
    6. Adoption of 1996 Management Options for Public Review.
    C. Groundfish Management
    1. Status of Federal Regulations;
    2. Pacific Whiting Acceptable Biological Catch/Harvest Guideline 
for 1996;
    3. Pacific Whiting Allocation and Management After 1996;
    4. Status of Plan Amendments to Allow Landing of Salmon in the 
Pacific Whiting Fishery; and
    5. Status of Analysis of Long Term Fixed Gear Sablefish Management 
Alternatives.
    D. Administrative and Other Matters
    1. Report of the Budget Committee;
    2. Status of Legislation;
    3. Report to Congress on Impacts of Seals and Sea Lions on West 
Coast Marine Ecosystems;
    4. Appointments;
    5. Revisions to Council Operation Procedures;
    6. Report of the Coast Guard Pacific Regional Fishery Training 
Team; and
    7. Adopt April 1996 Agenda.
    E. Habitat Issues
    1. Report of the Habitat Steering Group;
    2. Public Comments; and
    3. Council.
    F. Pacific Halibut Management
    1. Status of Implementation of Council Recommendations for 1996 
Fisheries;
    2. Results of International Pacific Halibut Commission Annual 
Meeting; and
    3. Incidental Catch in the Troll Salmon Fishery.

Other Meetings

    The Salmon Technical Team will meet on March 11-15, as necessary, 
to address salmon management issues related to Council agenda items.
    The Salmon Advisory Subpanel will convene on March 11 at 9:00 a.m., 
and March 12-15 at 8:00 a.m., to address salmon management items on the 
Council agenda.
    The Habitat Steering Group will convene on March 11 at 10:00 a.m., 
to consider activities affecting the habitat of fish stocks managed by 
the Council.
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee will convene on March 11 
at 11:00 a.m., and March 12 at 8:00 a.m., to address scientific issues 
related to Council agenda items.
    The Budget Committee will convene on March 11 at 2:00 p.m., to 
review the fiscal year 1996 budget situation.
    The Puget Sound Stock Review Committee will convene on March 14 at 
3:00 p.m., to continue their review of chinook and coho salmon stocks 
under the Council's overfishing definition.
    The Enforcement Consultants meet on March 12 and March 14 at 7:00 
p.m., to address enforcement issues related to Council agenda items.
    Detailed agendas for the above advisory meetings will be available 
after March 1, 1996.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Eric W. Greene at (503) 326-6352 
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: February 21, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-4335 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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