[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5526-5527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1603]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XF37


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 Wednesday, February 20, 2008, from 
1 p.m. until business for the day is completed. The GAC will reconvene 
Thursday, February 21, 2008, and Friday, February 22, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. 
each day until their business is completed.

ADDRESSES: The GAC meeting will be held at the Sheraton Portland 
Airport Hotel, Cascade A and B Room, 8235 N.E. 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 GAC meeting is to 
consider draft alternatives and other material for rationalizing the 
Pacific Coast limited entry groundfish trawl industry (trawl 
rationalization); consider alternatives, preliminary analyses, and 
other material for allocating Pacific Coast groundfish stocks and stock 
complexes to the various Pacific Coast fishery sectors (intersector 
allocation); and consider draft alternatives and preliminary analyses 
associated with a contemplated limited entry licensing system for West 
Coast open access groundfish fisheries (open access license 
limitation). 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 a contemplated environmental impact 
statement for trawl rationalization and two contemplated environmental 
assessments for intersector allocation and open access license 
limitation. The GAC recommendations will be provided for consideration 
by the Council at its March 2008 meeting in Sacramento, CA, and at its 
April 2008 meeting in Seattle, WA.
    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 305a) 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.


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    Dated: January 25, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-1603 Filed 1-29-08; 8:45 am]
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