Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17955]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 070799K]


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 on Monday, August 9, 1999, at 
noon 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, August 10 through Friday, August 13, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Council office conference 
room, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Glock, Groundfish Fishery 
Management Coordinator; telephone: (503) 325-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the meeting is to 
develop preliminary recommendations for groundfish harvest levels and 
management measures for 2000. The GMT will review the draft report for 
an observer program for the West Coast groundfish fishery and 
preliminary rebuilding plans for overfished groundfish stocks. The GMT 
will prepare the annual Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 
document, other reports, and technical advice for the upcoming Council 
meeting and in support of Council decisions throughout the year. The 
GMT will discuss, receive reports, and/or prepare reports on the 
following topics during this working session: (1) Default harvest rate 
policies; (2) rebuilding plans for lingcod, bocaccio, and Pacific ocean 
perch, including allocations and bycatch reduction; (3) preparation of 
preliminary 2000 harvest level and management recommendations, 
including optimum yield/management line issues and identification of 
rockfish complexes; (4) fishing community baseline document; (5) 
inseason management; (6) observer program design and documentation 
needs; (7) survey of trawl gears; and (8) recreational data issues.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically identified in this agenda.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. John Rhoton at (503) 326-6352 at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: July 8, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-17955 Filed 7-13-99; 8:45 am]
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