[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 11192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3101]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022806E]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a 
public workshop on the development of the analysis for the groundfish 
trawl individual quota program alternatives to be considered by the 
Council.

DATES: The public workshop will begin Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at 10 
a.m. and may go into the evening if necessary to complete business for 
the day; reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19, 2006, 
continuing until business for the day is completed; and reconvene at 
8:30 a.m. on Thursday April 20, 2006, continuing until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Oak 
Room, 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: Mr. Jim Seger, Staff Officer 
(Economist); telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the workshop is to review and 
receive comments from the public and Council advisory bodies on the 
first stage of the draft analytical package being developed by Northern 
Economics Incorporated to support the Council's consideration of 
individual quotas for the West Coast groundfish trawl fishery.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this workshop agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during these meetings. 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 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: March 1, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-3101 Filed 3-3-06; 8:45 am]
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