[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 19169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5424]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040706D]


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 
Management Team (GMT) will hold a working meeting, which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The GMT meeting will be held Monday, May 1, 2006, from 1 p.m. 
until business for the day is completed. The GMT meeting will reconvene 
Tuesday, May 2 through Friday, May 5, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. until 
business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The GMT meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery 
Management Council office, West Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador 
Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
    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 primary purpose of the GMT working 
meeting is to develop a preliminary draft environmental impact 
statement (DEIS) for harvest specifications and management measures for 
2007/08 West Coast groundfish fisheries and Amendment 16-4 revisions to 
groundfish rebuilding plans. The GMT may also address other assignments 
relating to groundfish management. No management actions will be 
decided by the GMT. The GMT's role will be development of the 
preliminary DEIS and recommendations for consideration by the Council 
at its June meeting in Foster City, CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the GMT for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal GMT action during this meeting. GMT 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 305a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the GMT'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 7, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-5424 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]
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