[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 66 (Thursday, April 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 17660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1593]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040405A]


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

DATES: The Committee meeting will be held Monday, May 2, 2005, from 1 
p.m. until business for the day is completed. The Committee meeting 
will reconvene Tuesday, May 3, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. until business for 
the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting will be held in Portland, Oregon at a 
location to be determined. The Pacific Fishery Management Council will 
distribute notice of the meeting location to interested parties on 
their groundfish mailing list and will post this information as well on 
their website at www.pcouncil.org.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Committee meeting is to 
consider allocational issues associated with development of an 
individual quota (or dedicated access) program initiative for the 
Pacific Coast groundfish trawl fishery, as well as initiatives pursuant 
to implementing bycatch reduction measures frameworked in Amendment 18 
to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. 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 June meeting in Foster City, 
California.
    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 Ms. Carolyn Porter at 503-820-2280 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 4, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-1593 Filed 4-6-05; 8:45 am]
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