[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 22 (Friday, February 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 5017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1700]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012907B]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc 
Trawl Individual Quota Committee (TIQC) will hold a working meeting, 
which is open to the public.

DATES: The TIQC meeting will be held Tuesday, February 20, 2007, from 1 
p.m. until business for the day is completed. The TIQC will reconvene 
on Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. and meet until business 
for the day is completed. The TIQC will reconvene on Thursday, February 
22, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn no later than 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The TIQC meeting will be held at the Red Lion Hotel - On the 
River Jantzen Beach, Multnomah 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. Jim Seger, Staff Officer; 
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. Permit stacking and cooperative alternatives are 
also being considered. The purpose of the TIQC working meeting is to 
review and further develop alternatives under analysis, with particular 
emphasis on the Groundfish Allocation Committee (GAC) report from the 
GAC's December meeting and Groundfish Management Team comments from the 
GMT's January 2007 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: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-1700 Filed 2-1-07; 8:45 am]
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