[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 7 (Thursday, January 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 1319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-237]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 010807C]


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 Tuesday, January 30, 2007, from 
8:30 a.m. until business for the day is completed. The GMT meeting will 
reconvene Wednesday, January 31 2007, through Thursday, February 1, 
2007, from 8:30 a.m. until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The GMT meeting will be held at the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, NOAA Western Regional Center's Sand Point Facility, 
Northwest Region Office, Building 1, HR Conference Room, 7600 Sand 
Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, (206) 526-6150.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, Oregon 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 elect officers (chair and vice-chair), update commercial 
bycatch models with new West Coast Groundfish Observer Program data, 
evaluate recreational impact projection models and consider methodology 
recommendations, consider recommendations for inseason adjustments to 
2007 groundfish fisheries, evaluate the updated whiting fishery bycatch 
projection model, consider recommendations for implementing regulations 
for the shoreside whiting fishery for 2008 and beyond, plan 2007 GMT 
meetings and activities, and consider recommendations for developing a 
trawl individual quota (TIQ) program. The GMT will elect officers 
during a closed session at the start of the meeting on Tuesday, January 
30 and will convene their open public meeting no later than 10:30 a.m. 
The GMT will discuss TIQ issues and recommendations on Thursday, 
February 1 regardless of progress on other agenda issues during the 
first two days of the meeting. 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 
recommendations for consideration by the Council at its March meeting 
in Sacramento, California.
    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 305 ) 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 five 
days prior to the meeting date. Entry to the NOAA Western Regional 
Center's Sand Point Facility requires visitors to show a valid picture 
ID and register with security. A visitor's badge, which must be worn 
while at the NOAA Western Regional Center's Facility, will be issued to 
non-Federal employees participating in the meeting.

    Dated: January 8, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-237 Filed 1-10-07; 8:45 am]
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