[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3002]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012402F]


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) Trawl 
Permit Stacking Work Group (Work Group) will hold a meeting which is 
open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 
2002, and adjourn when business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 7900 
NE 82nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97220.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384; 503-326-6352.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Seger, Fishery Economics Staff 
Officer; 503-326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to begin 
development of trawl capacity reduction options to be incorporated into 
a regulatory amendment or plan amendment to the groundfish fishery 
management plan. The Work Group will develop a number of options for 
Council consideration. One of the primary options to be developed will 
be the stacking of multiple permits on a single vessel. The Council has 
directed the Work Group to include individual quotas among the options 
it considers.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the Work Group for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal Work Group action during this meeting. Action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice 
and any issues arising after publication of this notice requiring 
emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified 
of the Work Group's intent to take final action to address the 
emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This 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: February 1, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-3002 Filed 2-6-02; 8:45 am]
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