[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 8203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2414]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011701E]


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 Wednesday, February 14, 2001, from 10 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; (503) 650-5400.
    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. This is the second meeting 
of the committee, and the primary purpose of this work session is to 
refine the recommendations developed at the committee's previous 
meeting and prepare the committee's report to the Council. 
Specifically, the GMPC will review a draft 2-year groundfish management 
schedule, refine several other alternative management schedules, and 
discuss alternative funding sources to shore up the Council budget. The 
committees's recommendations will be reported to the Council 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 Fishery 
Conservation and Management 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: January 22, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-2414 Filed 1-29-01; 8:45 am]
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