[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 52456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20384]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080502G]


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) and the Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific 
and Statistical Committee (SSC GF Subcommittee) will hold a working 
meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The GMT and the SSC GF Subcommittee working meeting will begin 
Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at 10 a.m. and may go into the evening until 
business for the day is completed. The meeting will reconvene from 8 
a.m. to noon on Wednesday, August 28.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Shilo Inn, 11707 NE Airport 
Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 252-5800.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Groundfish Fishery 
Management Coordinator; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the GMT and SSC GF 
Subcommittee meeting is to discuss a new yelloweye rockfish stock 
assessment and any other pertinent information in order to prepare 
final recommendations regarding groundfish harvest levels and 
management measures for 2003.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the GMT and SSC GF Subcommittee for discussion, those issues may 
not be the subject of formal GMT and SSC GF Subcommittee action during 
this meeting. GMT and SSC GF Subcommittee 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 and 
SSC GF Subcommittee'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) 820-2280 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 7, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-20384 Filed 8-9-02; 8:45 am]
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