[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13155-13156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7284]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031896C]


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 Council meeting will be held April 9-12, 1996. It will begin 
on April 9, at 8 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 a.m. each day April 10 through April 12. 
The meetings may continue each day into the evening hours if necessary 
to complete business.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the South San Francisco 
Conference Center, 255 South Airport Boulevard, South San Francisco, CA 
94080; telephone: (415) 877-8787.
    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 following items are on the Council 
agenda:

A. Call to Order

B. Salmon Management

    1. Tentative Adoption of 1996 Ocean Salmon Management Measures for 
Salmon Technical Team Analysis
    2. Clarify Council direction, if necessary
    3. National Research Council Report on Pacific Northwest Salmonids
    
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    4. Scoping session to identify plan amendment issues and 
alternatives
    5. Identification of stocks not meeting goals for 3 consecutive 
years
    6. Methodology review
    7. Final action on 1996 measures

C. Report of the Steering Group

D. Groundfish Management

    1. Status of Federal regulations implementing Council actions
    2. Status of fisheries and inseason trip limit adjustments
    3. Management procedures for the area near Cape Mendocino
    4. Revised stock assessment process
    5. Long term management of the limited entry fixed gear sablefish 
fishery
    6. Allocation and management of Pacific whiting after 1996
    7. Report of the industry meeting on salmon bycatch avoidance in 
the whiting fishery
    8. Effort reduction, data collection, research and other industry 
recommendations

E. Administrative and Other Matters

    1. Report of the Budget Committee
    2. Status of legislation
    3. Research and data needs
    4. Adopt June or August agenda
    5. Revise Council operating procedures
    6. Regulation consolidation and elimination

Other Meetings

    The Salmon Technical Team will meet on March 8-12 as necessary to 
address salmon management issues related to Council agenda items.
    The Salmon Advisory Subpanel will convene on April 8 at 9 a.m. and 
April 9-12 at 8 a.m. to address salmon management items on the Council 
agenda.
    The Habitat Steering Group will convene on April 8 at 10 a.m. to 
consider activities affecting the habitat of fish stocks managed by the 
Council.
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will convene on 
April 8 at 1 p.m. and on April 9 at 8 a.m. in conjunction with the 
Groundfish Management Team and the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel. The 
SSC will continue to meet after the joint meeting has ended on April 9. 
The SSC will meet again on April 10 at 8 a.m. to address scientific 
issues related to Council agenda items.
    The Budget Committee will convene on April 8 at 2 p.m. to review 
the fiscal year 1996 budget situation.
    The Groundfish Management Team will convene on April 8, at 11 a.m. 
and on April 9 at 8 a.m. in conjunction with the Groundfish Advisory 
Panel and the SSC. The Groundfish Management Team will meet as 
necessary after the joint session ends on April 9 and as necessary on 
April 10 and April 11.
    The Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will convene on April 8, at 1 p.m. 
and on April 9 at 8 a.m. in conjunction with the Groundfish Management 
Team and the SSC. The Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will continue to 
meet after the joint session on April 9 and as necessary on April 10 
and April 11.
    The Legislative Committee will meet on April 8, at 4 p.m. to 
consider amendments to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act.
    The Enforcement Consultants will meet on April 9 at 7 p.m. to 
address enforcement issues related to Council agenda items.
    Detailed agendas for the above advisory meetings will be available 
after March 28, 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: March 20, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-7284 Filed 3-25-96; 8:45 am]
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