[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55592-55593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24392]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 092203C]


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

DATES:  The GMT working meeting will begin Tuesday, October 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. Wednesday, 
October 15 through Friday, October 17, 2003.

ADDRESSES:  The meetings will be held at the NMFS, Northwest Region 
Office, Building 1, Northwest Region

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Conference Room, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, 206-
526-6150.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon, 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 remainder of the year. The following 
specific items comprise the draft agenda: (1) discuss Amendment 16-3 
rebuilding plan alternatives for overfished groundfish stocks, (2) 
resolve any outstanding catch estimation data issues and evaluate the 
need for inseason management adjustments, 3) discuss observer data flow 
for fishery years 2004-2006, (4) review new stock assessments for 
cabezon and lingcod, (5) review a new lingcod rebuilding analysis, (6) 
develop a range of groundfish harvest levels for 2005-2006, (7) develop 
a preliminary range of 2005-2006 groundfish management measures, (8) 
review and recommend Programmatic Bycatch Environmental Impact 
Statement alternatives, (9) work on Volume 2 of the 2002 Stock 
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation document (10) consider and recommend 
control dates for potential groundfish individual quota (IQ) programs, 
(11) discuss open access limitation, (12) review 2004 exempted fishing 
permit applications, and (13) other miscellaneous Council groundfish 
issues.
    Although non-emergency 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 22, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-24392 Filed 9-25-03; 8:45 am]
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