[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40356-40357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1470]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 062804B]


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) Marine 
Reserves Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) 
will hold a meeting, which is open to the public.

DATES: The Marine Reserves Subcommittee of the SSC will meet Monday, 
July 19, 2004, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, July 20, 2004, from 
8 a.m. until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center, Santa Cruz Laboratory, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060; 
telephone: (831) 420-3900.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dan Waldeck, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280 or toll free (866) 806-
7204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to review the 
Staff Preliminary Working Draft Document for Consideration of a Network 
of Marine Reserves and Marine

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Conservation Areas within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 
(CINMS). Specifically, the Marine Reserves Subcommittee will review the 
purpose and need for action, a preliminary range of alternatives, and 
the analytical approaches for proposed management alternatives to 
establish marine reserves and marine conservation areas in CINMS. CINMS 
and NOAA staff involved with the development of the document will be 
available for discussions with the Marine Reserves Subcommittee.
    The Marine Reserves Subcommittee will provide the results of their 
review to the Council's Ad Hoc Channel Islands Marine Reserve Committee 
for their meeting in fall 2004. The draft CINMS document can be found 
at--http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov/marineres/enviro_review.html
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the Subcommittee for discussion, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal Marine Reserves Subcommittee action during 
this meeting. 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 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 or toll free 
(866) 806-7204 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: June 29, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-1470 Filed 7-1-04; 8:45 am]
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