96-10843. Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 86 (Thursday, May 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10843]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 042396A]


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 (Council) will convene 
a public meeting of an ad-hoc work group to review, prioritize and 
recommend a schedule for developing amendments to the salmon fishery 
management plan.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 13, 1996, beginning at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Council office.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Coon, Fishery Management 
Coordinator (Salmon); telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Several potential amendments to the salmon 
fishery management plan were raised during a scoping session at the 
Council's April 1996 meeting. Due to the number and complexity of the 
issues and the limited time available, the Council elected to convene a 
work group to provide an initial review of the amendment issues and 
provide recommendations to the Council at the next Council meeting. The 
amendment issues include:
    (1) incorporating formal management objectives for stocks listed 
under the Endangered Species Act;
    (2) allowing the landing of salmon caught incidentally in the 
Pacific whiting trawl fishery for the purpose of monitoring the 
bycatch;
    (3) updating the framework plan;
    (4) responding to requirements resulting from the reauthorization 
of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act;
    (5) review of the overfishing definition; and
    (6) consideration of management recommendations from the recent 
National Research Council report on salmon.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Eric Greene at [phone] at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 23, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-10843 Filed 5-1-96; 8:45 am]
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