[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29106-29107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13957]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051997A]


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 Groundfish Management 
Team will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 2, 1997, beginning at 1:00 p.m. 
and may go into the evening until business for the day is completed. 
The meeting will reconvene from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on June 3, June 
4, and June 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries 
Science Center Facility, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Room 2039, Building 4, 
Seattle, WA; telephone: (206) 526-6150.
    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 first day of the meeting will be 
dedicated to a workshop on the use of F35% as the proxy for maximum 
sustainable yield. Agenda items scheduled also include inseason 
management projections, an update on at-sea whiting fisheries, fishery 
management plan amendments

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to essential fish habitat, bycatch, overfishing, and other provisions 
required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act. The Groundfish Management Team will also discuss stock assessment 
and fishery evaluation preparation plans and assignments.

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: May 21, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-13957 Filed 5-28-97; 8:45 am]
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