[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38691-38692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16433]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 062403B]


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 Monday, July 14, 2003 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. Tuesday, 
July 15 through Friday, July 18.

ADDRESSES:  The meetings will be held at the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council Office, West Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
200, Portland, OR 97220-1384; (503) 820-2280.
    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 meeting is to 
prepare final recommendations regarding groundfish harvest levels and 
management for 2004. The GMT will also prepare reports, 
recommendations, and analyses in support of various Council decisions 
through the remainder of the year. The following specific items 
comprise the draft agenda, (1) prepare final acceptable biological 
catch (ABC) and optimum yield (OY) recommendations for 2004, (2) 
calculate limited entry, open access, and other allocations, (3) 
evaluate management options and the Environmental Impact Statement of 
Proposed Groundfish Management Measures and Specifications for 2004, 
(4) complete and/or review economic/social analysis of proposed harvest 
levels and management measures for 2004, (5) resolve any outstanding 
recreational data issues, (6) evaluate the need for inseason management 
adjustments, (7) evaluate new observer data and changes to the trawl 
bycatch model, (8) recommend a new Council

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Operating Procedure of standards and criteria for approving Exempted 
Fishing Permits (EFPs), (9) consider recommending any EFPs, (10) 
evaluate the Programmatic Groundfish Fishery Management Plan 
Environmental Impact Statement, 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: June 24, 2003.
Matteo J. Milazzo,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-16433 Filed 6-27-03; 8:45 am]
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