[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41559-41560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19902]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080101C]


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, August 27, 2001, at 10 a.m. 
and will continue through Tuesday, August 28, 2001, as necessary.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council office, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 
97220-1384; (503) 326-6352.
    Council address:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John DeVore, Groundfish Management 
Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to develop 
preliminary options for allocations and other management measures for 
the 2002 Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. In addition, the committee 
will evaluate current catch levels of overfished groundfish species and 
may propose inseason adjustments. The committee will discuss the types 
of provisions that may be necessary to prevent further overfishing, to 
reduce bycatch of overfished species in the various groundfish 
fisheries, and to reduce bycatch in non-groundfish fisheries. The 
committee will prepare recommendations and contribute to draft 
rebuilding plans for canary rockfish, bocaccio, cowcod rockfish, 
coastwide lingcod stocks, Pacific ocean perch, widow rockfish, and 
darkblotched rockfish that will be presented to the Council at its 
September meeting. If available, the committee may also review new 
rebuilding analyses for Pacific ocean perch, coastwide lingcod stocks, 
and darkblotched rockfish and may propose revisions to the current 
rebuilding plans and management measures. No management actions will be 
decided by the Ad Hoc Allocation Committee. The committee's role will 
be development of recommendations for consideration by the Council at 
its September meeting in Portland, OR.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the Ad Hoc Allocation 
Committee meeting agenda may come before the committee for discussion, 
those issues may not be the subject of formal Ad Hoc Allocation 
Committee action during this meeting. Ad Hoc Allocation Committee 
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 committee's intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

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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: August 2, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-19902 Filed 8-7-01; 8:45 am]
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