[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 44760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18256]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071400A]


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 be begin Monday, August 14, 2000 at 
1 p.m. 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, 
August 15 through Friday, August 18.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council office, Conference Room, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, 
Portland, OR; telephone: 503-326-6352.
    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 primary purpose of the GMT meeting is to 
review groundfish stock assessment information and prepare 
recommendations regarding harvest levels and management for 2001. 
Members of the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee's 
Groundfish Subcommittee and the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will meet 
jointly with the GMT to discuss the results of recent stock assessments 
and 2001 harvest levels. The GMT will also prepare reports, 
recommendations, and analyses in support of various Council decisions 
through the remainder of the year. The GMT will discuss, receive 
reports, and/or prepare reports on the following topics during this 
working session: (1) Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel reports; (2) 
rebuilding plans for canary rockfish, cowcod, lingcod, and Pacific 
ocean perch, including allocation and bycatch reduction; (3) 
preliminary acceptable biological catch and optimum yield 
recommendations for 2001, including management issues; (4) preliminary 
economic/social analysis of proposed harvest levels and management; (5) 
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) document preparation; 
(6) recreational data issues; (7) inseason management; (8) groundfish 
strategic plan; and (9) permit stacking proposal and analysis.
    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. 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 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 Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 326-6352 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: July 14, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-18256 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
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