[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 242 (Monday, December 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31016]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 120701C]


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 Multi-Year Management Committee (GMMC) will hold a work 
session, which is open to the public.

DATES: The GMMC will meet Thursday, January 10, 2002, from 10 a.m. 
until 5 p.m; and Friday, January 11, 2002, from 8 a.m. until business 
for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, West Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 
Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220; 503-326-6352.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220; 503-326-6352.

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 the Council's request for a committee to scope multi-year 
management approaches for the West Coast groundfish fishery. Multi-year 
management of the groundfish fishery would be synchronized with a 
multi-year groundfish stock assessment schedule. Full accommodation of 
federal notice and comment requirements would also be incorporated into 
the multi-year cycle. This is the second meeting of the committee, and 
the primary purpose of the meeting is to further develop the purpose 
and objectives of multi-year management, as well as alternative multi-
year management approaches.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the GMMC meeting 
agenda may come before the GMMC for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal GMMC action during the meeting. GMMC 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 GMMC'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 10, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-31016 Filed 12-14-01; 8:45 am]
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