[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 137 (Monday, July 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44029-44030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18017]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071100B]


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) Ad-Hoc 
Allocation Committee will hold a meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will begin on Wednesday, August 9 at 8 a.m. and will 
continue through Thursday, August 10, as necessary.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council Office, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Glock, Fishery Management 
Coordinator, telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to develop 
preliminary options for allocations and other management measures 
involved in rebuilding plans for canary rockfish and cowcod rockfish. 
In addition, the Committee will evaluate current Council and catch 
levels of lingcod and bocaccio, and may propose inseason adjustments. 
The Committee will discuss the types of provisions that may be 
necessary to prevent further overfishing, to reduce bycatch of 
overfished species in the various groundfish fisheries, and to reduce 
bycatch in non-groundfish fisheries. The Committee will prepare 
recommendations and contribute to draft rebuilding plans for cowcod and 
canary rockfish that will be presented to the Council at its September 
meeting. If available, the Committee may also

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review new assessments for Pacific ocean perch and coastwide lingcod 
stocks and may propose revisions to the current rebuilding plans and 
management measures.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this Committee for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. 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 Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The 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) 326-6352 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: July 11, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-18017 Filed 7-14-00; 8:45 am]
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