[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 31146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12292]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 050500C]


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 lingcod and widow rockfish will meet 
beginning at 8 a.m., June 5, 2000 and continue through June 9, 2000. 
The STAR Panel will meet each day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The STAR Panel for lingcod and widow rockfish will be held 
in the GSA Conference Room, Federal Building, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 
215, Santa Rosa, CA.
    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 lingcod and widow 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 nonemergency issues not contained in the STAR Panel agenda 
may come before the STAR Panel for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal panel action during this meeting. STAR 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: May 8, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-12292 Filed 5-15-00; 8:45 am]
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