[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76278-76279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21621]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 121406D]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc 
Shoreside Whiting Alternative Group (Ad Hoc Group) will hold a work 
session via conference call, which is open to the public.

DATES: The Ad Hoc Group will meet via conference call on Tuesday, 
January 2, 2007, from 1 p.m. until business is completed.

ADDRESSES: Public listening stations will be available at the following 
locations:
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 
101, Portland, OR 97220-1384, telephone: (503) 820-2280;
    National Marine Fisheries Service, (room location to be determined, 
contact the Council office for further information - see ADDRESSES)), 
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, telephone: (206) 526-6150; 
and
    Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Conference Room, 2040 SE 
Marine Science Dr., Newport, OR 97365, telephone: (541) 867-4741.
    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 primary purpose of the meeting is to 
develop an additional analytical alternative in support of the 
Council's goal to create a regulatory structure that ensures maximum 
retention of catch and appropriate monitoring for the West Coast 
shoreside Pacific whiting fishery. This alternative would be a hybrid 
of alternatives already adopted in November 2006 by the Council for 
analysis; it will combine elements of the observer-based alternative 
and the electronic monitoring system-based alternative. The new 
alternative developed by the Ad Hoc Group is scheduled be considered by 
the Council at its March 4-9, 2007 meeting in Sacramento, CA.
    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: December 14, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-21621 Filed 12-19-06; 8:45 am]
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