[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 3485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-727]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011806B]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting/Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Groundfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel for 
yelloweye rockfish will hold a work session which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The yelloweye rockfish STAR Panel meeting will be held beginning 
at 1 p.m., February 13, 2006. The meeting will continue on February 14, 
2006 beginning at 8:30 a.m. through February 15, 2006. The meetings 
will end at 5 p.m. each day, or as necessary to complete business.

ADDRESSES: The yelloweye rockfish STAR Panel meeting will be held at 
the Human Resources Division Conference Room, Building 1, at the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Western Regional 
Center's Sand Point Facility, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 
98115-6349.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stacey Miller, Northwest Fisheries 
Science Center (NWFSC); telephone: 206-860-3480; or Mr. John DeVore, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: 503-820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to review 
draft yelloweye rockfish stock assessment documents and any other 
pertinent stock information, work with the Stock Assessment Team to 
make necessary revisions to the draft yelloweye rockfish stock 
assessment, and produce a STAR Panel report for use by the Council 
family and other interested persons. No management actions will be 
decided by the STAR Panel. The STAR Panel's role will be development of 
recommendations and reports for consideration by the Council at its 
March meeting in Seattle, Washington.
    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.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the STAR Panel meeting participants for discussion, 
those issues may not be the subject of formal STAR panel meeting action 
during this meeting. STAR Panel 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 STAR panel 
meeting participants' 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 five 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 18, 2006.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-727 Filed 1-20-06; 8:45 am]
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