[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24484]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 090799D]


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) will hold a working meeting which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The GMT working meeting will begin Monday, October 4, 1999, at 
noon 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., Tuesday, 
October 5 through Friday, October 8.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Glock, Groundfish Fishery 
Management Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
develop final recommendations for groundfish harvest levels and 
management measures for 2000. The GMT will prepare the annual Stock 
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation document, other reports, and 
technical advice for the upcoming Council meeting and in support of 
Council decisions throughout the year. The GMT will discuss, receive 
reports, and/or prepare reports on the following topics during this 
working session: (1) default harvest rate policies; (2) rebuilding 
plans for lingcod, bocaccio, and Pacific ocean perch, including 
allocation and bycatch reduction; (3) preparation of preliminary 2000 
harvest level and management recommendations, including optimum yield/
management line issues and identification of rockfish complexes;(4) 
fishing community baseline document; (5) inseason management; (6) 
observer program design and documentation needs;(7) survey of trawl 
gears; and (8) recreational data issues.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Team 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 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: September 10, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-24484 Filed 9-20-99; 8:45 am]
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