[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 2531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1155]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011303B]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon 
Technical Team (STT) and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) 
Salmon Subcommittee will hold a joint work session, which is open to 
the public, to review proposed salmon methodology changes.

DATES: The work session will be held Wednesday, February 5, 2003, from 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be held at the Holiday Inn Portland 
Airport Hotel, 8439 NE Columbia Boulevard, Portland, OR 97220; (503) 
256-5000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Tracy, Staff Officer for 
Salmon and Pacific Halibut, Pacific Fishery Management Council; (503) 
820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the work session is to brief 
the STT and SSC on changes made to or proposed for the chinook and coho 
Fishery Regulation Assessment Models (FRAM), review the scientific 
bases for those changes, and compare results from the updated model 
with those from the previous version.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may come before the STT and the SSC subcommittee for discussion, those 
issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings. 
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 intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings 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) 820-
2280 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 13, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-1155 Filed 1-16-03; 8:45 am]
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