[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 75491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00663]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 122303C]


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 work planning session which is open 
to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 is 
scheduled as a full day training opportunity for GMT members beginning 
at 8 a.m. The GMT session will reconvene from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
Thursday, January 15 and 8 a.m. through noon Friday, January 16, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Scipps Institution of 
Oceanography Campus Martin Johnson House, Building T-29, 8840 
Biological Grade, La Jolla, CA 92037-1508; telephone: (858) 534-2102.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary goal of the work planning 
exercise is to identify team members who will be responsible for the 
requisite GMT work products for development of the 2005-06 management 
measures. Harvest specifications and management measures for 2005-06 
will not be discussed at this meeting. The GMT will consider the 2005-
06 management measures at a subsequent public meeting tentatively 
scheduled for February, 2004.
    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: December 23, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E3-00663 Filed 12-30-03; 8:45 am]
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