[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26737-26738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12363]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050799E]


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) Groundfish 
Management Team (GMT) and Ad-Hoc Observer Program Implementation 
Committee (Observer Committee) will hold working meetings which are 
open to the public.

DATES: The Observer Committee working meeting will be held Monday, June 
7, 1999 beginning at 8 a.m. and may go into the evening until the 
business has been completed. The GMT working meeting will be held on 
Tuesday through Friday, June 8-11, 1999 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries 
Science Center,7600 Sand Point Way NE, Room 2079, Building 4, Seattle, 
WA; telephone: 206-526-4250.
    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 purpose of the Observer Committee 
meeting is to design an observer program for the West Coast groundfish 
fishery and to begin development of the documentation necessary for 
implementation of an observer program in 2000. The purpose of the GMT 
meeting is to prepare reports and

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technical advice for the upcoming Council meeting and in support of 
Council decisions throughout the year. The GMT will select a new GMT 
leader or leaders and review its operating procedures. The GMT will 
discuss, receive reports, and/or prepare reports on the following 
topics during this working session: (1) observer program design and 
documentation needs; (2) community baseline document; (3) survey of 
trawl gears; (4) identification of rockfish complexes; (5) recreational 
data issues; (6) default harvest rate policies; (7) inseason 
management; (8) preparation for annual management cycle; (9) fixed-gear 
sablefish issues and analyses;(10) rebuilding plans for lingcod, 
bocaccio, and Pacific ocean perch, including allocation and bycatch 
reduction; (11) optimum yield/ management line issues; (12) stock 
assessment priorities for 2000; and (13) other issues including marine 
reserves and habitat areas of particular concern.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this group 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 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: May 8, 1999.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-12363 Filed 5-14-99; 8:45 am]
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