[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62094-62095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17645]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 101806A]


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) Ad Hoc 
Groundfish Trawl Individual Quota

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Committee (TIQC) will hold a working meeting which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The TIQC working meeting will begin Monday, November 6, 2006, at 
8:30 a.m. and may go into the evening, if necessary, to complete 
business for the day. On Tuesday, November 7, 2006, the meeting will 
reconvene from 8:30 a.m. and continue until business for the day is 
complete. On Wednesday, November 8, 2006, the meeting will reconvene 
from 8:30 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 1052, Building 4, National 
Marine Fisheries Service, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115; 
telephone: (206) 526-4656.
    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 Council is considering an individual 
quota program to cover limited entry trawl landings in the West Coast 
groundfish fishery. The purpose of the TIQC working meeting is to 
review and further develop alternatives under analysis, with particular 
emphasis on co-op alternatives for whiting sectors and review of 
Groundfish Management Team comments from the September Council meeting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the TIQC meeting 
agenda may come before the TIQC for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal TIQC action during these meetings. TIQC action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice 
and to any issues arising after publication of this notice requiring 
emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified 
of the TIQC's 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: October 18, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-17645 Filed 10-20-06; 8:45 am]
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