[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23933]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082798C]


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 (GMT) will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 28, 1998, 
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, September 29, Wednesday, September 30, Thursday, October 1, 
and Friday, October 2, from 8 a.m. to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council Conference Room, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR; 
telephone: (503) 326-6352.
    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: This is a work session for the GMT to 
prepare the annual stock assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) 
document, review final stock assessments, and develop its final 
recommendations for 1999 harvest levels and management measures. The 
GMT will also evaluate the need for inseason trip limit adjustments and 
discuss information pertaining to allocation of lingcod and rockfish. 
The GMT may also prepare reports and recommendations regarding other 
issues for the Council's November 1998 meeting.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject 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: August 31, 1998.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustaible Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-23933 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
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