[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 24 (Monday, February 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 6422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-481]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020105B]


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 Committee (TIQC) will hold a working 
meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The TIQC working meeting will begin Wednesday, February 23, 2005 
at 8:30 a.m. and may go into the evening if necessary to complete 
business for the day. The meeting will reconvene from 8:30 a.m. and 
continue until business for the day is complete on Thursday, February 
24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Broadway Room at the 
Residence Inn by Marriott-Portland Downtown, RiverPlace, 2115 SW River 
Parkway, Portland, OR 97201. Telephone: 503-552-9500
    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), 503-820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the TIQC working meeting is 
to continue to review results from public scoping, and some preliminary 
analysis, and refine recommendations to the Council on an individual 
quota program to cover limited entry trawl landings in the West Coast 
groundfish fishery.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the TIQC meeting 
agenda may come before the TIQC for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal TIQC action during these meetings. TIQC 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 TIQC'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: February 1, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-481 Filed 2-4-05; 8:45 am]
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