[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27233]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101499C]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of emergency public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish 
Management Team (GMT) will hold an emergency working meeting which is 
open to the public.

DATES: The GMT working meeting will begin Monday, October 25, 1999, at 
noon and may go into the evening until business for the day is 
completed. The meeting will reconvene from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 
Tuesday, October 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the NMFS Alaska Fisheries 
Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Room 2079, Building 4, Seattle, 
WA 98115, 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 meeting is to complete 
unfinished business from the recent meeting that was held in Portland, 
OR. Specifically, the GMT will complete the analysis of potential 
management measures for the year 2000 groundfish fisheries and prepare 
technical advice for the upcoming Council meeting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action will be 
restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any 
issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency 
action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the 
public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action 
to address the emergency.

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: October 14, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-27233 Filed 10-14-99; 3:33 pm]
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