[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13366-13367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6984]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031297D]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings to discuss various issues.

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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 8-11, 1997. Various 
advisory groups will be meeting on Monday, April 7. The Council meeting 
will begin on Tuesday, April 8, at 8 a.m., in a closed session (not 
open to the public) to discuss litigation and personnel matters. The 
open session begins at 8:30 a.m. The Council meeting reconvenes at 8 
a.m., Wednesday through Friday, and will adjourn when Council business 
has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Clarion Hotel, 401 East 
Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, CA 94030, (415) 697-8735.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence D. Six, Executive Director, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, 
Portland, OR; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council Agenda

A. Call to Order

B. Salmon Management

    1. Tentative Adoption of 1997 Ocean Salmon Management Measures for 
Analysis
    2. Clarify Council Direction
    3. Methodology Reviews for 1997
    4. Identification of Stocks Not Meeting Escapement Goals for 3 
Consecutive Years
    5. Final Action on 1997 Measures - Including Halibut Incidental 
Catch

C. Habitat Issues

    Report of Steering Group - Consider Adding Marine Habitat Expertise 
to Steering Group

D. Groundfish Management

    1. Status of Federal Regulations Implementing Council Actions
    2. Status of Fisheries and Inseason Management Adjustments
    3. Revised Stock Assessment Process
    4. Review of Harvest Policy
    5. Development of Groundfish Fishery Capacity Reduction Program
    6. Scoping for Plan Amendments
    7. California Gillnet Regulations in the Exclusive Economic Zone
    8. Status Report on Oregon Observer Program
    9. Report of the Industry Meeting on Salmon Bycatch Avoidance in 
the Whiting Fishery
    10. Composition of the Groundfish Advisory Panel
    11. Member, Staff, and Agency Work Load

E. Administrative and Other Matters

    1. Report of the Budget Committee
    2. Status of Legislation
    3. Draft Agenda for June 1997

Other Meetings

    The Groundfish Management Team will meet on Monday, April 7, at 8 
a.m. to discuss final action on Federal gillnet regulations off 
California, inseason management adjustments, and initiation of the plan 
amendment process to meet new requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Conservation and Management Act.
    The Salmon Technical Team will convene as necessary Monday, April 
7-11, to address salmon management items on the Council agenda.
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee will convene on Monday, 
April 7, at 9 a.m., and Tuesday, April 8, at 8 a.m., to address 
scientific issues related to Council agenda items.
    The Habitat Steering Group will convene on Monday, April 7, at 10 
a.m.,

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to address issues affecting the habitat of Council-managed species.
    The Salmon Advisory Panel will convene on Monday, April 7, at 9 
a.m., and will continue to meet throughout the week as necessary to 
address salmon management items on the Council agenda.
    The Groundfish Advisory Panel will convene on Monday, April 7, at 1 
p.m., and will continue to meet throughout the week as necessary to 
address groundfish management items on the Council agenda.
    The Budget Committee will convene on Monday, April 7, at 3 p.m., to 
review the status of 1996 and 1997 Council budgets.
    The Enforcement Consultants meet on Tuesday, April 8, at 7 p.m., to 
address enforcement issues related to Council agenda items.
    There will be a Salmon/Whiting Industry Meeting on Wednesday, April 
9, to discuss salmon bycatch avoidance in the whiting fishery.
    Detailed agendas for the above advisory meetings will be available 
after March 28, 1997.

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 13, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-6984 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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