[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 33300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12967]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051200D]


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 Pacific ocean perch and yellowtail rockfish 
will meet beginning at 1 p.m., June 12, 2000 and continue through June 
16, 2000. Except for Monday, June 12, the STAR Panel will meet each 
day, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The STAR Panel for Pacific ocean perch and yellowtail 
rockfish will be held in Building 4, Room 2079 of the NMFS Alaska 
Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115.
    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 Pacific ocean perch and yellowtail 
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 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 17, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-12967 Filed 5-22-00; 8:45 am]
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