[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 24185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10301]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041900A]


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 
Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel will hold a work session which is 
open to the public.

DATES: The STAR Panel for bank rockfish and darkblotched rockfish will 
meet beginning at 1:00 p.m., May 15, 2000 and continue through May 19 
until business is completed. Except for Monday, May 15, 2000, the STAR 
Panel will meet each day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The STAR Panel for bank rockfish and darkblotched rockfish 
will be held in The Marilyn Potts Guin Library, Hatfield Marine Science 
Center, Oregon State University, 2030 Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 
97365.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Waldeck, Fishery Management 
Analyst; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to review 
draft stock assessment documents for bank rockfish and darkblotched 
rockfish and any other pertinent information, work with stock 
assessment teams to make necessary revisions, and produce STAR Panel 
reports for use by the Council family and other interested persons.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the STAR Panel 
agenda may come before the panel for discussion, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal panel action during this meeting. Panel 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 Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified 
of the panel'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: April 19, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-10301 Filed 4-24-00; 8:45 am]
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