[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 5526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1600]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN; 0648-XE73


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of rescheduling of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Trawl 
Rationalization Tracking and Monitoring Committee (TRTMC) is cancelling 
and rescheduling a previously announced working meeting. The meeting is 
open to the public.

DATES: The TRTMC meeting to be held Wednesday, January 23, 2008 was 
cancelled and is rescheduled as a telephone conference on Wednesday, 
February 13, 2008, from 10 a.m. until business for the day is 
completed.

ADDRESSES: A listening station for the public will be available at the 
Pacific Fishery Management Council, Large Conference Room, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384; telephone: (503) 
820-2280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Seger, Staff Officer; 
telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original notice published in the Federal 
Register on January 2, 2008 (73 FR 170).
    The Council is considering a rationalization program to cover 
limited entry trawl landings in the West Coast groundfish fishery. The 
purpose of the TRTMC working meeting is to provide agency guidance and 
perspectives on design constraints and to scope likely impacts of 
alternative configurations of tracking and monitoring systems for trawl 
rationalization.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the TRTMC for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal TRTMC action during this meeting. TRTMC 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(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified 
of the TRTMC'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: January 25, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-1600 Filed 1-29-08; 8:45 am]
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