[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67856-67857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19817]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111606D]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Work Session

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

DATES: The GMT working meeting will begin Monday, December 11, 2006, at 
1 p.m. and may go into the evening if necessary to complete business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Portland, OR, exact location to 
be determined. Contact the Council office for the meeting location 
address.

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    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Laura Bozzi, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the GMT work session is to 
discuss the trawl individual quota alternatives under development by 
the Council. Specifically, the GMT will continue to develop statements 
that address the management feasibility of particular aspects of the 
proposed alternatives. No management actions will be decided by the GMT 
on these issues. The GMT's statements will be provided to facilitate 
decision-making at the Council's Groundfish Allocation Committee (GAC) 
December 12-14, 2006 meeting, as well as to the Council and its 
advisory bodies at a later point.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
publication of this document 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.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: November 17, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-19817 Filed 11-22-06; 8:45 am]
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