[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 62099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5982]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 102505D]


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

DATES: The Committee meeting will be held Monday, November 14, 2005, 
from 1 p.m. until business for the day is completed. The Committee 
meeting will reconvene Tuesday, November 15, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. until 
business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting will be held at a location to be 
determined and announced in the near future. For more information, 
contact the Council office at (503) 820-2280 or look on the Council Web 
site at http://www.pcouncil.org.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE. 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 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 
develop options for allocations and other management measures for the 
2007-08 Pacific Coast groundfish fishery and to consider intersector 
allocation issues in support of various Council initiatives. The 
Committee will discuss the types of provisions that may be necessary to 
prevent further overfishing, to reduce bycatch of depleted species in 
the various groundfish fisheries, and to reduce bycatch in non-
groundfish 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 and April 2006 meetings 
in Seattle, WA and Sacramento, CA, respectively.
    Although non-emergency 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: October 25, 2005.
Tracey L. Thompson,

[FR Doc. E5-5982 Filed 10-27-05; 8:45 am]
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