[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29272-29273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13826]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052499F]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory entities will hold public meetings.

DATES: The Council and its advisory entities will meet June 20-25, 
1999. The Council meeting will begin on Tuesday, June 22, at 8 a.m., 
reconvening each day through Friday. All meetings are open to the 
public, except a closed session will be held from 8 a.m. until 8:30 
a.m. on Thursday, June 24 to address litigation and personnel matters. 
The Council will meet as late as necessary each day to complete its 
scheduled business.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Sheraton Portland Airport 
Hotel, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR; telephone: (503) 281-2500.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence D. Six, Executive Director; 
telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items are on the Council 
agenda, but not necessarily in this order:
    A. Call to Order
    1. Opening Remarks, Introductions, Roll Call
    2. Approve Agenda
    3. Approve March and April Meeting Minutes
    B. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
    1. Status of Approval of Fishery Management Plan
    2. Anchovy Biomass Estimate and Quotas for 1999-2000 Season
    C. Highly Migratory Species Management - Determine Need for Council 
Fishery Management Plan
    D. Salmon Management
    1. Sequence of Events and Status of Fisheries
    2. Revisions to the Preseason Process
    3. Non-Retention Mortality in Ocean Salmon Fisheries
    4. Options to Recover Snake River Chinook Salmon
    E. Marine Reserves - Council Direction to Committee
    F. Habitat Issues
    1. Groundfish Habitat Areas of Particular Concern
    2. Other Issues
    G. Groundfish Management
    1. Status of Federal Regulations and Activities and Applications 
for Exempted Fishing Permits
    2. Status Reports on Review of Groundfish Priorities, Recreational 
Fishery Data Collection Issues, the Fixed Gear Sablefish Industry 
Meeting,the Ability to Address Permit Stacking in 1999, Experimental 
Setnet Landings as Qualification for Sablefish Tier Assignment, 
Industry Survey of Buyback Program, Process Required to Allow Use of 
Open Access Hook-and-Line Gear by Fixed Gear Limited Entry Permit 
Holders, Harvest Policy Review, Rockfish Stock Status, and Bycatch 
Issues
    3. Strategic Planning
    4. Stock Assessment Priorities for 2000
    5. Consistency of California Rockfish Size Limits with Groundfish 
Plan
    6. Status of Fisheries and Inseason Adjustments
    7. Observer Program
    8. Control Date for Potential Limited Access in the Open Access 
Fishery
    9. Rebuilding Plans for Lingcod, Bocaccio, and Pacific Ocean Perch, 
Including Allocation and Bycatch Reduction
    10. Rockfish Allocation
    11. Groundfish Priorities and Schedules
    H. Administrative and Other Matters
    1. Report of the Budget Committee
    2. Status of Legislation
    3. Appointments to Advisory Groups
    4. Revisions to Statement of Organization, Practices, and 
Procedures
    5. Draft Agenda for September 1999

Advisory Meetings

    The Groundfish Management Team will convene on Sunday, June 20, at 
2 p.m. and on Monday, June 21, at 8 a.m. to address groundfish issues 
on the Council agenda.
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee will convene on Monday, 
June 21, at 8:30 a.m. and on Tuesday, June 22, at 8 a.m. to address 
scientific issues on the Council agenda.
    The Habitat Steering Group meets at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 21, to 
address issues and actions affecting habitat of fish species managed by 
the Council.
    The Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will convene on Monday, June 21, 
at 1 p.m. and will continue to meet throughout the week as necessary to 
address groundfish management items on the Council.
    The Ad-Hoc Salmon Mortality Committee will meet on Monday, June 21, 
at 1 p.m. to discuss estimation of hook-and-release mortality for ocean 
salmon fisheries.
    The Budget Committee meets on Monday, June 21 at 3 p.m. to review 
the status of the 1999 Council budget.
    The Enforcement Consultants meet at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22, 
to address enforcement issues relating to Council agenda items.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this 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

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specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: May 25, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-13826 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am]
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