[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27075-27076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12368]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 050701C]


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 
Management Team (GMT) will hold a working meeting which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The GMT working meeting will begin Monday, June 4, 2001 at 1 
p.m. and may go into the evening until business for the day is 
completed. The meeting will reconvene from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, 
June 5 through Thursday, June 7.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at NMFS Northwest Regional Office, 
7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 1, Director's Conference Room, 
Seattle, WA; telephone: (206) 526-6120.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the GMT meeting is to prepare 
reports and technical advice for the upcoming Council meeting and in 
support of Council decisions. The GMT will discuss, receive reports, 
and/or prepare reports on the following topics during this working 
session, (1) inseason adjustments to 2001 trip limits and other 
management measures; (2)

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assignments relating to the groundfish strategic plan; (3) rebuilding 
plans for canary rockfish, cowcod, bocaccio, and lingcod; (4) draft 
widow and darkblotched rockfish rebuilding plans; (5) sablefish 
endorsement qualification; (6) marine recreational fisheries statistics 
survey update; (7) exempted fishing permit (EFP) applications; (8) 
mandatory retention of rockfish proposal; (9) work plan for 2001; (10) 
Amendment 14 (permit stacking): clarifications and corrections for 
2002.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified 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: May 10, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-12368 Filed 5-15-01; 8:45 am]
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