99-1873. Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 011999C]


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 Groundfish Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel for 
Pacific whiting will hold a work session which is open to the public.

DATES: The Pacific whiting Stock Assessment Review Panel will meet 
beginning at 10:00 a.m., February 17, 1999 and continue until 5:00 p.m. 
on February 18, 1999 or as necessary to complete business.

ADDRESSES: The Pacific whiting Stock Assessment Review Panel meeting 
will be held at the Best Western Pacific Inn Resort and Conference 
Center, Costa Rica Room, 1160 King Georges Highway, White Rock, British 
Columbia, Canada, V4A 4C2; telephone: [phone].
     Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Walker, Fishery Management 
Analyst; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to review 
draft stock assessment documents and any other pertinent information, 
work with the Stock Assessment Team to make necessary revisions, and 
produce a STAR Panel report for use by the Council family and other 
interested persons.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Panel for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during the meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically identified 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 [phone] at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 21, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-1873 Filed 1-26-99; 8:45 am]
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