[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 30367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11171]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 050102A]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc 
Allocation Committee will hold a telephone conference and meeting, 
which are open to the public.

DATES: The telephone conference will be held Tuesday, May 21, 2002 from 
8 a.m. until business is completed. A follow-up meeting of the 
Allocation Committee will be held on Monday, June 3, 2002, from 8 a.m. 
until business is completed.

ADDRESSES: Four listening stations will be available for the May 21st 
telephone conference. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the locations. 
The June 3 meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council, West Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200, 
Portland, OR 97220-1384; Contact: Mr. John DeVore (503) 326-6352, ext. 
210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, telephone: (503) 326-
6352, ext. 210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The listening stations will be located at 
the following addresses:
    1. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Region, Director's 
Conference Room, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115; 
Contact: Mr. Bill Robinson (206) 526-6142;
    2. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Natural Resource 
Building, Room 677, 1111 Washington Street SE, Olympia, WA 98501; 
Contact: Mr. Phil Anderson (360) 902-2720;
    3. Pacific Fishery Management Council, West Conference Room, 7700 
NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384; Contact: Mr. 
John DeVore (503) 326-6352, ext. 210;
    4. California Department of Fish and Game, Conference Room, Room 
1320, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; Contact: Mr. LB Boydstun 
(916) 653-6281.
    The purpose of the May 21 telephone conference and June 3 meeting 
is to develop preliminary options for allocations and other management 
measures for the 2003 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 overfished groundfish species that will be 
presented to the Council at future meetings. If available, the 
committee may also review new rebuilding analyses for canary rockfish, 
bocaccio, and yelloweye rockfish. 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 Pacific Fishery 
Management Council at its June meeting in Foster City, California.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the teleconference 
call or meeting agendas may come before the Ad Hoc Allocation 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 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 Ad Hoc Allocation Committee's intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This teleconference call and meeting are 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 teleconference date.

    Dated: May 1, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-11171 Filed 5-3-02; 8:45 am]
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