[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19011]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071098G]


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 Monday, August 10, beginning at 1 
p.m. and may go into the evening until business for the day is 
completed. The meeting will reconvene from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 
August 11, Wednesday, August 12, and Thursday, August 13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science 
Center Facility, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Room 2079, 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 reevaluation of the appropriateness of F40% as 
the proxy for maximum sustainable yield for rockfish. Agenda items 
scheduled also include review of recent stock assessments, development 
of preliminary recommendations for 1999 harvest levels and management 
measures, inseason management projections, final review of fishery 
management plan amendments, preliminary preparation of the annual stock 
assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) document, a proposal to allow 
landing of fish in excess of cumulative limits (overages), lingcod and 
rockfish allocation, research and data needs, and stocks to be assessed 
in 1999.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Team for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be of 
formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those 
issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: July 13, 1998.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-19011 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]
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