[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 45 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10679-10680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5167]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030104C]


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 Information Policy Committee (Committee) will hold a working 
meeting, which is open to the public.

DATES: The Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, March 23, 2004 from 
8 a.m. until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting will be held at the Sheraton Portland 
Airport Hotel, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: 
(503) 249-7642.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ed Waters, Fishery Economics Staff 
Officer Coordinator; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Committee meeting is to 
formulate and recommend a groundfish information management policy to 
the Council. The recommended policy will categorize the types of and 
sources of information in use for groundfish

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management, consider what new types of information may be available in 
the future, specify review requirements for new information before it 
can become part of the decision-making process, consider guidelines for 
replacing older information with new or updated information, and 
recommend an implementation time line that facilitates the groundfish 
management process while considering the magnitude of potential harm to 
the species of concern and disruption to the fishery that can result 
from untimely incorporation of new information.
    No management actions will be decided by the Committee. The 
Committee's role will be development of recommendations for 
consideration by the Council at its April meeting in Sacramento, CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the Committee for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal Committee action during this meeting. Committee 
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 Committee's intent to take final action to address the 
emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This 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: March 2, 2004.
Peter H. Fricke,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-5167 Filed 3-5-04; 8:45 am]
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