[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52953-52954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20660]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080502F]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; public scoping meeting.

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

DATES: The Committee meeting will be held Wednesday, August 28, 2002, 
from 1 p.m. until business for the day is completed. The Committee 
meeting will reconvene on Thursday, August 29, 2002, from 8 a.m. until 
business is completed.

ADDRESSES: The Committee 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 purpose of the Committee meeting is to 
develop 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 also review a new stock assessment and rebuilding 
analysis for yelloweye rockfish. No management actions will be decided 
by the Committee. The Committee's role will be development of 
recommendations for consideration by the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council at its September meeting in Portland, OR.
    Additionally, the Council will solicit public scoping comments for 
preparing the 2003 Pacific Coast groundfish annual specifications 
Environmental Impact Statement at 4 p.m. on
    August 28. This will be the Council's primary decision document for 
recommending harvest specifications and management measures for the 
2003 Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the Committee for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal Committee action during this meeting. 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 Committee'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.

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Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least 5 days prior to the meeting 
date.

    Dated: August 9, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-20660 Filed 8-13-02; 8:45 am]
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