[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 89 (Friday, May 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 25568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1034]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 050304E]


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 Enforcement Group (TIQ Enforcement 
Group) will hold a working meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The TIQ Enforcement Group working meeting will begin Tuesday, 
May 25, 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 Wednesday, March 26, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802; telephone: (562)980-4050.
    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 TIQ Enforcement Group 
meeting is to conduct preliminary scoping on the types of enforcement 
programs that would be necessary for a groundfish trawl individual 
fishing quota (IFQ) program and related enforcement needs for 
information from IFQ and landings tracking and monitoring systems.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the TIQ Enforcement 
Group meeting agenda may come before the group for discussion, those 
issues may not be the subject of formal committee action during these 
meetings. TIQ Enforcement Group 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 group'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: May 4, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-1034 Filed 5-6-04; 8:45 am]
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