[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 19515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9989]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041399C]


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 (Council) Ad-Hoc 
Marine Reserve Committee will hold a meeting which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The meeting will begin on Tuesday, May 11 at 8 a.m. and will 
continue through 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 12. The Tuesday session may go 
into the evening until business for the day is completed. The Thursday 
session will begin at 8 a.m. An opportunity for public comment will be 
provided on Wednesday.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Multnomah Falls Room of the 
Doubletree Hotel Downtown, 310 SW Lincoln Avenue, Portland OR 97201.
     Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to identify 
objectives for marine reserve options to be presented to the Council. 
Based on the objectives, the committee may begin work on design 
characteristics. The first day of the meeting will be taken up largely 
by technical presentations. This meeting is an early step in the first 
phase of a two-phase process for Council consideration of marine 
reserves. The first phase involves the conceptual evaluation of marine 
reserves as a tool for Council management and will culminate with a 
Council decision on whether or not to develop site-specific fully 
specified proposals for marine reserves.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the committee for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues will not be the 
subject of formal committee action during this meeting. Committee 
action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified 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: April 15, 1999.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-9989 Filed 4-20-99; 8:45 am]
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