[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 6880] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-3431] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 020299D] 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 Total Catch Determination Committee (Committee) will hold a public meeting.
Dates
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 2, beginning at 1 p.m. and may go into the evening until business for the day is completed. The meeting will reconvene at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3 and continue until the agenda has been completed.
Addresses
The meeting will be held in the conference room 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, Groundfish Fishery Management Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326-6352.
Supplementary Information
This ad-hoc committee has been instructed to continue the investigation and development of a program to determine total groundfish fishing mortality and discard and to provide the information necessary to assess the effects of trip limit management. The ad-hoc Committee will review the goals for a data collection program, discuss design of a program, and review information that has been prepared since the previous meeting. The Committee will prepare a report to the Council for presentation at the April Council meeting. Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before this Committee 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 listed in this notice.
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: February 3, 1999. Bruce C. Morehead, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 99-3431 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F