[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71270-71271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34160]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 121598D]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (work session).

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's Salmon Subcommittee 
of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (Salmon Subcommittee) will 
hold a work session which is open to the public.

DATES: The work session will be held from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 
January 19, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held in the Director's Conference 
Room (fourth floor) at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2501 
SW. First Avenue, Portland, OR.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW. Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Seger, Economic Analysis 
Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Salmon Subcommittee work 
session is to review proposed changes in salmon estimation 
methodologies for the 1999 season. The proposed changes include (1) 
minor modifications to the chinook Fishery Regulation and Assessment 
Model to better estimate impacts on certain Puget Sound chinook stocks 
and (2) scaling of Oregon coastal natural coho spawner estimates to 
stratified random sampling data. The recommendations of the Salmon 
Subcommittee will be reviewed by the full Scientific and Statistical 
Committee before final comments are developed for presentation to the 
Council at its March 1999 meeting in Portland, OR.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Subcommittee for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management

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Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this 
work session. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified in the agenda as listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    The work session 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 work session date.

    Dated: December 18, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-34160 Filed 12-23-98; 8:45 am]
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