[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 243 (Monday, December 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79073-79074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32166]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 121200E]


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 
Groundfish Management Process Committee (GMPC) will hold a work 
session, which is open to the public.

DATES: The GMPC will meet Thursday, January 11, 2001, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. 
and Friday, January 12, 2001, from 8 a.m. until business for the day is 
completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Pacific States Marine 
Fisheries Commission, Large Conference Room, 45 SE 82nd Drive, Suite 
100, Gladstone, OR 97027; telephone: (503) 650-5400.

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    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Waldeck or Don McIsaac, Pacific 
Fishery Management Council; (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The formation of this Ad-Hoc committee is in 
response to a Council request (November 2000) for a formal review of 
the current groundfish management process. Thus, the primary purpose of 
this work session is to review the Council's annual groundfish 
management process. Specifically, the GMPC will discuss problems 
associated with the current process and options to address these 
problems. The GMPC will also begin development of recommendations for 
changes to the process. The recommendations of the GMPC will be 
reviewed at the March 2001 Council meeting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the GMPC meeting 
agenda may come before the GMPC for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal GMPC action during the meeting. GMPC action will 
be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and 
any issues arising after publication of this document that require 
emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the GMPC'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: December 12, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-32166 Filed 12-15-00; 8:45 am]
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