[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 6647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-250]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020504B]


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 groundfish subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will 
meet via telephone conference call to review revised stock assessment 
information for cabezon and lingcod. The stock assessments are to be 
used for developing management recommendations for 2005-2006 groundfish 
fisheries. The work session is open to the public.

DATES: The SSC groundfish subcommittee will review the cabezon 
assessment from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Wednesday, February 25, 2004. 
Also on Wednesday, February 25, 2004, the subcommittee will review the 
lingcod assessment from 1 p.m. until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: Four public listening stations will be established for the 
public to participate in the telephone conference call. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the locations of the listening stations.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dan Waldeck, Staff Officer; 503-
820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The listening station locations are:
    1. NMFS, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Room 2143, 7600 Sand 
Point Way NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115, telephone: 206-526-6548;
    2. Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 
Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384; telephone: 503-820-2280;
    3. NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Room 219, 110 Schaffer 
Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060; telephone: 831-420-3949;
    4. NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Room C-115, 8604 La 
Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037; telephone: 858-546-7052.
    At the November 2003 Council meeting, the SSC noted apparent 
deficiencies in the cabezon and lingcod stock assessments. The stock 
assessments had been developed to inform management decision making for 
the 2005-20 fishing years. However, because the SSC could not endorse 
the cabezon and lingcod stock assessments, the Council deferred full 
incorporation of these assessments until the SSC could review revised 
assessments prior to the March 2004 Council meeting. Since the November 
2003 Council meeting, Stock Assessment Teams have prepared revised 
assessments for cabezon and lingcod. This new information will be 
reviewed and discussed by the groundfish subcommittee during the 
telephone conference call. Public comment will be accommodated during 
the conference call. The initial recommendations of the groundfish 
subcommittee will be finalized by the SSC and presented to the Council 
at the March 2004 Council meeting in Tacoma, WA (March 7-12, 2004).
    Entry to NMFS facilities requires identification with a photograph 
(such as a student ID, state drivers license, etc.) A security guard 
will review the identification and issue a Visitor's Badge valid for 
the date of the meeting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this notice may come 
before the SSC groundfish subcommittee for discussion, those issues may 
not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. SSC groundfish 
subcommittee 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 subcommittee'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: February 5, 2004.
Tracey Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-250 Filed 2-10-04; 8:45 am]
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