[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57927-57928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16140]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 092606E]


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

DATES: The GAC meeting will be held Wednesday, October 18, 2006, from 
8:30 a.m. until business for the day is completed. The GAC will 
reconvene Thursday, October 19, 2006, at 8:30 a.m. until their business 
is completed.

ADDRESSES: The GAC meeting will be held at the Red Lion Hotel on the 
River- Jantzen Beach, Glisan Room, 909 N. Hayden Island Drive, 
Portland, OR 97217; telephone: (503) 283-4466.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the GAC meeting is to develop 
draft alternatives for allocating Pacific Coast groundfish stocks and 
stock complexes to the various West Coast fishery sectors for analysis. 
No management actions will be decided by the GAC. The GAC's role will 
be development of recommendations and alternatives for analysis for 
consideration by the Council at its November 2006 meeting in Del Mar, 
CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the GAC for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal GAC action during this meeting. GAC 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 GAC's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for

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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: September 26, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-16140 Filed 9-29-06; 8:45 am]
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