[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 68 (Friday, April 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8144]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XO58


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, May 5, 2009, from 8:30 
a.m. until business for the day is completed. The GAC will reconvene on 
Wednesday, May 6 and Thursday, May 7, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. each day until 
their business is completed.

ADDRESSES: The GAC meeting will be held at the Shilo Inn Portland 
Airport, Willamette I and II Room, 11707 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 
97220; telephone: (503) 252-5800.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Merrick Burden, Groundfish Staff 
Officer; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the GAC meeting is to 
consider options for an adaptive management program within a 
rationalized non-whiting limited entry trawl sector; vessel and control 
limits for groundfish and Pacific halibut individual fishing quotas in 
a rationalized shoreside trawl sector; options for Community Fishing 
Associations within a rationalized shoreside trawl sector; Fishery 
Management Plan amendment language to implement the provisions of a 
west coast groundfish trawl rationalization program; and other 
miscellaneous items of clarification regarding the implementation of a 
west coast groundfish trawl rationalization program. No management 
actions will be decided by the GAC. The GAC's role will be development 
of recommendations for these five initiatives. The GAC recommendations 
will be provided for consideration by the Council at its June 2009 
meeting in Spokane, 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 305(c) 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: April 6, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-8144 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
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