[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 163 (Thursday, August 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 48260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16617]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XC17


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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 
Allocation Committee (GAC) will hold a working meeting, which is open 
to the public.

DATES: The GAC meeting will be held Tuesday, September 25, 2007, from 
8:30 a.m. until business for the day is completed. The GAC will 
reconvene Wednesday, September 26, 2007, and Thursday, September 27 at 
8:30 a.m. each day until their business is completed.

ADDRESSES: The GAC meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, Large Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 
Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384. telephone: (503) 820-2280.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Groundfish Management 
Coordinator; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the GAC meeting is to 
consider draft alternatives, preliminary analyses, and other material 
for rationalizing the Pacific Coast limited entry groundfish trawl 
industry (trawl rationalization), and for allocating Pacific Coast 
groundfish stocks and stock complexes to the various Pacific Coast 
fishery sectors (intersector allocation). Trawl rationalization issues 
will be discussed by the GAC on Tuesday and Wednesday, September, 25-
26; and intersector allocation issues will be discussed on Thursday, 
September 27. No management actions will be decided by the GAC. The 
GAC's role will be development of recommendations and refinement of 
draft alternatives for analysis in two contemplated environmental 
impact statements. The GAC recommendations will be provided for 
consideration by the Council at its November 2007 meeting in San Diego, 
CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the GAC for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal GAC action during this meeting. GAC 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 GAC'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 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 17, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-16617 Filed 8-22-07; 8:45 am]
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