[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61597-61598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24949]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 092502A]


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) will hold a working meeting which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The GMT working meeting will begin Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at 
1 p.m. and may go into the evening until business for the day is 
completed. The meeting will reconvene from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
Wednesday, October 16 through Friday, October 18, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at NMFS Northwest Region Office, 
Building 1, Northwest Region Conference Room, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, 
Seattle, WA 98115-0070; telephone: (206) 526-6150.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council,700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Groundfish Staff 
Officer, (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the GMT meeting is to 
prepare reports, recommendations, and analyses in support of various 
Council decisions through the

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remainder of the year. The following specific items comprise the draft 
agenda, (1) complete and/or review rebuilding plans for overfished 
groundfish stocks, (2) recommend processes and standards for 
incorporating rebuilding plans into the Pacific Coast Groundfish 
fishery management plan (FMP), (3) resolve any outstanding catch 
estimation data issues and evaluate the need for inseason management 
adjustments, (4) consider recommendations for Exempted Fishing Permit 
processes and standards, (5) evaluate Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statements, (6) consider recommendations for FMP Amendment 17 and 
multi-year management issues, (7) review the Groundfish Strategic Plan, 
(8) work on Volume 2 of the 2002 Stock Assessment and Fishery 
Evaluation document, (9) consider a fixed gear sablefish permit 
stacking recommendation, (10) consider recommendations for 2003 stock 
assessment priorities and the STAR process, and (11) other 
miscellaneous Council groundfish issues.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the GMT for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal GMT action during this meeting. GMT 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'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: September 25, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-24949 Filed 9-30-02; 8:45 am]
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