[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3932]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 123004A]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Ad Hoc Allocation Committee; 
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 
Allocation Committee (Committee) will hold a working meeting, which is 
open to the public. The purpose of the meeting is to develop options 
for allocations and other management measures for the 2005-2006 Pacific 
Coast groundfish fishery and to consider allocation issues associated 
with development of an individual quota (or dedicated access) program 
initiative for the Pacific Coast groundfish trawl fishery.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, January 26, 2005, from 1 
p.m. until business for the day is completed. The meeting will 
reconvene Thursday, January 27, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. until business for 
the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel 
Portland Airport, Cedars I and II Rooms, 7900 NE 82nd Avenue, Portland, 
OR 97220; telephone: 503-460-3000.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John DeVore, Groundfish Management 
Coordinator; telephone: 503-820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Committee meeting is to 
develop options for allocations and other management measures for the 
2005-2006 Pacific Coast groundfish fishery and to consider allocation 
issues associated with development of an individual quota (or dedicated 
access) program initiative for the Pacific Coast groundfish trawl 
fishery. The Committee will discuss the types of provisions that may be 
necessary to prevent further overfishing, to reduce bycatch of 
overfished species in the various groundfish fisheries, and to reduce 
bycatch in nongroundfish fisheries. 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 March 2005 
meeting in Sacramento, CA.
    Although nonemergency 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 Carolyn Porter at 503-820-2280 at least five days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 30, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-3932 Filed 1-4-05; 8:45 am]
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