[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3269-3270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1499]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 011497B]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish 
Management Team will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 3, 1997, beginning at 1:00 
p.m. and may go into the evening until business for the day is 
completed. The team will recess all day February 4, 1997 to participate 
in a workshop on essential marine fish habitat, and will reconvene from 
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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on February 5, 1997 and February 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Council office.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Glock, Groundfish Fishery 
Management Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this meeting is to 
review the Council's October 1996 instructions to the team, review its 
organization and prepare a schedule of team activities for 1997. The 
agenda also includes reviews of the inseason catch tracking process for 
1997, review of the new stock assessment process, and a review of the 
harvest rate policy for various species.

Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: January 15, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-1499 Filed 1-21-97; 8:45 am]
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