[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55363-55364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22741]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA682


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 (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Management Team (GMT)

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will hold a working meeting, which is open to the public.

DATES: The GMT meeting will be held Monday, October 3, 2011 from 1 p.m. 
until business for the day is completed. The GMT meeting will reconvene 
Tuesday, October 4 through Friday, October 7 from 8:30 a.m. until 
business for each day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Western Regional Center's Sand Point 
Facility, Building 9 Rooms A and B, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, 
WA 98115-6349; telephone: (206) 526-6150.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kelly Ames, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the GMT working 
meeting is to develop recommendations for 2013-14 groundfish harvest 
specifications and management measures and consider inseason 
adjustments to 2011-12 groundfish fisheries. The GMT may also address 
other assignments relating to groundfish management. No management 
actions will be decided by the GMT. The GMT's task will be to develop 
recommendations for consideration by the Council at its November 
meeting in Costa Mesa, CA.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the GMT for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal GMT action during this meeting. GMT 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 GMT'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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least 
5 days prior to the meeting date. Entry to the NOAA Western Regional 
Center's Sand Point Facility requires visitors to show a valid picture 
ID and register with security. A visitor's badge, which must be worn 
while at the NOAA Western Regional Center's Facility, will be issued to 
non-Federal employees participating in the meeting.

    Dated: August 31, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-22741 Filed 9-6-11; 8:45 am]
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