[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 76783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7851]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 121905E]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings/Workshop

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 (Council) will hold a 
public workshop to review and critique its groundfish stock assessment 
process in 2005.

DATES: The Groundfish Stock Assessment Process Review Workshop will 
commence at 8 a.m., Friday, January 13, 2006, and continue until 
business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The Groundfish Stock Assessment Process Review Workshop 
meeting will be held at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Columbian 
A Room, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 281-
2500.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 N.E. 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384; telephone: (503) 
820-2280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Groundfish Stock 
Assessment Process Review Workshop is for participants in the Council's 
2005 stock assessment process to consider the procedures used in 2005 
to assess and update groundfish stock abundance and develop 
recommendations for improving the process for future assessments. No 
management actions will be decided in this workshop. Any 
recommendations developed at the workshop will be submitted for 
consideration by the Council at its March meeting in Seattle, WA.
    Although non-emergency issues not identified in the workshop agenda 
may come before the workshop participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during this workshop. Formal 
action at the workshop 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 workshop 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 workshop date.

    Dated: December 21, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-7851 Filed 12-27-05; 8:45 am]
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