[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54842-54843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23252]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 090500B]


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 begin Monday, October 2, 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, 
October 3 through Friday, October 6 at 2 p.m.

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 
prepare final recommendations regarding harvest levels and management 
for 2001. Members of the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee 
and the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel may attend 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 following 
specific items comprise the draft agenda; (1) Prepare final acceptable 
biological catch (ABC) and optimum yield (OY) recommendations for 2001; 
(2) complete and/or review rebuilding plans for canary rockfish, 
cowcod, lingcod, and Pacific Ocean perch; (3) calculate limited entry, 
open access, and other allocations; (4) evaluate management options for 
2001; (5) complete and/or review economic/social analysis of proposed 
harvest levels and management measures for 2001; (6) complete Stock 
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation document; (7) resolve any outstanding 
recreational data issues; evaluate the need for inseason management 
adjustments; and(8) review the permit stacking proposal and analysis.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the GMT for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal GMT action during this meeting. GMT 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 GMT's 
intent to

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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: September 5, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-23252 Filed 9-8-00 8:45 am]
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