[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34713-34714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13695]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XI34


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of 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, July 9, 2008, from 1 
p.m. until business for the day is completed. The GAC will reconvene 
Thursday, July 10, 2008,at 8:30 a.m. until their business is completed.

ADDRESSES: The GAC meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 
Downtown Convention Center, Bellmont C Room, 1441 NE Second Avenue, 
Portland, OR 97232. telephone: (503) 241-2401.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. LB Boydstun, Open Access Fishery 
Coordinator; telephone: (916) 844-4358.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the GAC meeting is to 
consider draft alternatives and other material for 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 open access license 
limitation. The GAC recommendations will be provided for consideration 
by the Council at its September 2008 meeting in Boise, ID.
    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,

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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: June 13, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-13695 Filed 6-17-08; 8:45 am]
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