[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59162-59163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25928]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 100603H]


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) Ad Hoc 
Groundfish Trawl Individual Quota Committee (TIQC) will hold a working 
meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The TIQC working meeting will begin Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 
8:30 a.m. and may go into the evening until business for the day is 
completed. The meeting will reconvene from 8 a.m. and continue until 
business for the day is complete on Wednesday, October 29, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: Embassy Suites Hotel, 7900 NE 
82nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97220; (503)460-3000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Seger, Staff Officer 
(Economist), telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the TIQC working meeting is 
to begin development of alternatives for an individual quota program to 
cover limited entry trawl landings in the West Coast groundfish 
fishery. Committee charge, decision rules, and the purpose, need and 
objectives for an individual quota program will also be addressed.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in this announcement may 
come before the TICQ for discussion, during this meeting those issues 
may not be the subject of a TICQ recommendation for a final Council 
action that results in Council recommendation to NOAA fisheries. 
Recommendations for such final action by the Council 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: October 7, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-25928 Filed 10-10-03; 8:45 am]
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