[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 10001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4746]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022604E]


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 Thursday, March 18, 2004 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 Friday, March 19, 2004.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting 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.

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 continue development of alternatives for an individual quota program 
to cover limited entry trawl landings in the West Coast groundfish 
fishery.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the TIQC meeting 
agenda may come before the TIQC for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal TIQC action during these meetings. TIQC action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice 
and to any issues arising after publication of this notice requiring 
emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified 
of the TIQC'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 27, 2004.
Peter H. Fricke,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-4746 Filed 3-2-04; 8:45 am]
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