[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15706-15707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7783]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 032703A]


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 Groundfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel for 
Pacific ocean perch and widow rockfish will hold a work session which 
is open to the public.

DATES: The Pacific ocean perch and widow rockfish Stock Assessment 
Review Panel will meet beginning at 1 p.m., April 14, 2003. The meeting 
will continue on April 15, 2003, beginning at 8 a.m. through April 18, 
2003. The meetings will end at 5 p.m. each day, or as necessary to 
complete business.

ADDRESSES: The Pacific ocean perch and widow rockfish Stock Assessment 
Review Panel meeting will be held at the National Marine Fisheries 
Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Auditorium, 2725 Montlake 
Blvd. E, Seattle, WA 98112; telephone: 206-860-3200.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to review 
draft stock assessment documents and any other pertinent information, 
work with the Stock Assessment Team to make necessary revisions, and 
produce a STAR Panel report for use by the Council family and other 
interested persons.
    Entry to the Northwest Fisheries Science Center requires 
identification with photograph (such as a student ID, state drivers 
license, etc.). A security guard will review the identification and 
issue a Visitor's Badge valid only for the date of the meeting.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in STAR Panel agendas 
may come before the STAR Panel for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal Panel action during this meeting. STAR Panel 
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 Panel'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.


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    Dated: March 27, 2003.
Theophilus R. Brainerd,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-7783 Filed 3-31-03; 8:45 am]
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