[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20133]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 073096B]


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 and its advisory 
entities will hold public meetings.

DATES: The Council meeting will be held August 20-23, 1996. It will 
begin on August 20, 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 reconvenes at 8 a.m. August 21, and will adjourn when 
Council business has been completed. Other advisory meetings will be 
held August 18-22, 1996. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for meeting 
agendas.

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 following items are on the Council 
agenda:
    A. Call to Order
    B. Administrative and Other Matters
    1. Report of the Budget Committee,
    2. Status of legislation,
    3. Summary of Council Chairs' meeting,
    4. Anchovy biomass and quotas for 1996-1997,
    5. Research and data needs, and
    6. Composition of Scientific and Statistical Committee, Advisory 
Panel, and Habitat Steering Group.
    C. Salmon Management
    1. Sequence of events and status of fisheries, and
    2. Plan amendments.
    D. Habitat Issues
    1. Report of the Steering Group.
    E. Pacific Halibut Management
    1. Report on the July 1996 interim meeting of International Pacific 
Halibut Commission, and
    2. Proposed changes to regulations for 1997.
    F. Groundfish Management
    1. Limited entry fixed gear sablefish endorsement (Plan Amendment),
    2. Limited entry fixed gear sablefish harvest regime for 1997,
    3. Status of regulations,
    4. Status of fisheries and inseason adjustments,
    5. Limited Entry Vessel Platoon System,
    6. Preliminary stock assessments, harvest levels and other 
specifications for 1997,
    7. Pacific whiting allocation, season framework, and salmon 
bycatch,
    8. California gillnet regulations in the exclusive economic zone,
    9. Restrictions on limited entry permit transfers,
    10. Landing and disposition of fish exceeding trip limits, and
    11. Other proposed measures for 1997, if any.
    Other meetings:
    The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical 
Committee will meet on August 18, at 7 p.m.
    The Groundfish Management Team will convene on August 19, at 8 a.m. 
to address groundfish management items on the Council agenda.
    The Habitat Steering Group will convene on August 19, at 10 a.m.
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee will convene on August 19, 
at 8 a.m. and August 20, at 8 a.m. to address scientific issues related 
to Council agenda items.
    The Budget Committee will convene on August 19, at 2 p.m..
    The Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will convene on August 20, at 8 
a.m. and will continue to meet on August 21, and on August 22.
    The Enforcement Consultants meet on August 20, at 7 p.m. to address 
enforcement issues related to Council agenda items.
    Detailed agendas for the above advisory meetings will be available 
after July 26, 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: August 1, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-20133 Filed 8-6-96; 8:45 am]
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