[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 57887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25374]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 100103A]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Joint 
Salmon Technical Team (STT) and Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) Salmon Subcommittee will hold a work session to review proposed 
salmon methodology changes. The Council's Model Evaluation Workgroup 
(MEW) will hold a work session to review documentation of Fishery 
Regulation Assessment Models (FRAMs). The work sessions are open to the 
public.

DATES: The joint STT and SSC Salmon Subcommittee work session will be 
held Thursday, October 23, 2003 from 9 a.m. to noon. The MEW work 
session will be held Thursday, October 23, 2003 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The work sessions will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 
Pine II Room, 7900 NE 82nd Ave., Portland, OR 97220; telephone: 503-
460-3000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the joint STT & SSC Salmon 
Subcommittee work session is to brief the STT and SSC on changes made 
to or proposed for the Coho FRAM, review the scientific bases for those 
changes, and compare results from the updated model with those from the 
previous version. The purpose of the MEW work session is to further 
develop documentation for the Chinook and Coho FRAM.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agendas 
may come before the these groups 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 Council's 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: October 2, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-25374 Filed 10-6-03; 8:45 am]
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