[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 231 (Monday, December 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 67916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23314]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XE23


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 (Council) will hold a 
Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Workshop, which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Workshop will be held 
Wednesday, December 19, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. until business for the day 
is completed.

ADDRESSES: The Groundfish Stock Assessment Review Workshop will be held 
at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Mt. Adams Room, 8235 NE Airport 
Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 281-2500.
    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 Groundfish Stock 
Assessment Review Workshop is for participants in the Council's 2007 
stock assessment process to consider the procedures used in 2007 to 
assess and update groundfish stock abundance and develop 
recommendations for improving the process for future assessments. No 
management actions will be decided in this workshop. Any 
recommendations developed at the workshop will be submitted for 
consideration by the Council at its March 2008 meeting in Sacramento, 
CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not identified in the workshop agenda 
may come before the workshop participants for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during this workshop. Formal 
action at the workshop 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(c) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the 
public has been notified of the workshop participants' intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This workshop 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 workshop date.

    Dated: November 28, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-23314 Filed11-30-07; 8:45 am]
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