[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40625-40626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1473]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 062904D]


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:  NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific Fishery Management Council 
will hold a workshop, which is open to the public. The workshop is 
being held to discuss and review data, data sources, and analytical 
methodology that will be used in the 2005 stock assessments of West 
Coast Groundfish.

DATES:  The workshop will be held on Monday, July 26, 2004, from 12:30 
p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Tuesday, July 27 through Friday, July 30, from 
8:30 a.m. until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES:  The workshop will be held at the NOAA Western Regional 
Center (WRC), Building 9 Auditorium, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, 
WA 98115; telephone: (206) 526-6150.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Ms. Stacey Miller, Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC); telephone: (206) 860-3480; or Mr. 
John DeVore, Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-
2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the West Coast Groundfish 
Data workshop is to identify data and data sources that will be used in 
conducting the 2005 West Coast groundfish stock assessments, discuss 
and review methods for converting raw data into model inputs, and 
explore the

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potential use of additional data sources in future stock assessments.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the workshop participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal workshop action during this meeting. 
Workshop 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 workshop participants' 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.
    Entry to the NOAA WRC requires visitors to show a valid picture ID 
and register with security every morning. A visitor's badge, which must 
be worn while at the NOAA Facility, will be issued to non-Federal 
employees participating in the meeting.

    Dated: June 30, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-1473 Filed 7-2-04; 8:45 am]
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