[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46779-46780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22554]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 082101C]


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, September 24, 2001, 
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, 
September 25 through Friday, September 28.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at NMFS Southwest Fisheries 
Science Center, Santa Cruz Laboratory, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 
95060; telephone: (831) 420-3900.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the GMT meeting is to 
prepare final recommendations regarding groundfish harvest levels and 
management for 2002. Members of the Council's Scientific and 
Statistical Committee and the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel may attend 
to discuss the results of recent groundfish stock assessments and 2002 
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 2002, (2) complete and/or review rebuilding plans 
for overfished groundfish stocks,

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(3) calculate limited entry, open access, and other allocations, (4) 
evaluate management options for 2002, (5) complete and/or review 
economic/social analysis of proposed harvest levels and management 
measures for 2002, (6) complete the Council's Stock Assessment and 
Fishery Evaluation document, (7) resolve any outstanding recreational 
data issues and evaluate the need for inseason management adjustments, 
and(8) other miscellaneous Council groundfish issues.
    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 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: August 28, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-22554 Filed 9-6-01; 8:45 am]
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