[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 58514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25038]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 092500D]


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) Ad-Hoc 
Allocation Committee will hold a meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will begin on Monday, October 23, 2000, at 10 a.m., 
and may go into the evening until business for the day is completed. 
The meeting will reconvene at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, October 24, and will 
adjourn at approximately 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel - Downtown 
Portland, 310 SW Lincoln, Portland, OR; telephone: (503) 221-0450.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Glock, Fishery Management 
Coordinator, telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to develop 
recommendations for allocations and other management measures involved 
in rebuilding plans for canary rockfish, cowcod and other overfished 
species. The committee will review the current catch levels of lingcod, 
bocaccio and canary rockfish and may propose inseason adjustments; 
review proposed 2001 harvest levels for all groundfish species; review 
draft rebuilding plans for canary rockfish and cowcod. The committee 
will review management options for 2001, preliminary impact analysis 
and results of stakeholder meetings; develop recommendations for 2001 
management and inseason management adjustments for 2000; and will 
provide direction to Council staff, Groundfish Management Team, 
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, and other Council entities as needed. 
Committee recommendations will be presented to the Council at its 
October-November meeting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified 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: September 25, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-25038 Filed 9-28-00; 8:45 am]
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