97-15240. Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31792-31793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15240]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060497C]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory entities will hold public meetings.

DATES: The Council meeting will be held June 23-25, 1997. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Red Lion Hotel-Seattle 
Airport, 18740 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, WA 98188; telephone: 
[phone].
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth 
Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence D. Six, Executive Director, 
Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, 
Portland, OR; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Various advisory groups will be meeting on 
Monday, June 23. The Council meeting will begin on Monday, June 23, at 
1 p.m. with an open session. The Council meeting reconvenes on Tuesday, 
June 24, at 8 a.m. On Wednesday, June 25, the Council will convene in a 
closed session (not open to the public) to discuss litigation and 
personnel matters. The open session begins at 8:30 a.m. and will 
adjourn when Council business has been completed.
    The following items are on the Council agenda:
    A. Call to Order
    B. Proposed Rules Implementing Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act
    1. Agency Report
    2. Comments of Advisory Entities and Public
    3. Council Comments

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    C. Salmon Management
    1. Statement of Chair Concerning 1997 Process
    2. Sequence of Events and Status of Fisheries
    3. Plans for Workshop on Chinook Models
    4. Procedure for Review and Revision of Salmon Methodologies
    5. Plan Amendments
    D. Dungeness Crab Management
    1. Report of the Ad Hoc Scoping Committee
    2. Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and Public Comments
    3. Determine Need for Federal Management - ACTION
    E. Coastal Pelagic Species Management
    1. Need for Federal Management
    2. Anchovy Biomass Estimate and Quotas for 1997-1998
    F. Habitat Issues
    1. Report of the Steering Group
    2. Public Comments
    3. Council - ACTION
    G. Groundfish Management
    1. Fixed Gear Sablefish Management in 1997
    2. Fixed Gear Sablefish Management in 1998 and Beyond
    3. Control Date for Potential Fixed Gear Sablefish Individual Quota 
Program
    4. Status of Federal Regulations
    5. Status of Fisheries and Inseason Adjustments
    6. Scoping Process for Plan Amendments
    7. Capacity Reduction Program
    H. Administrative and Other Matters
    1. Report of the Budget Committee
    2. Status of Legislation
    3. Report of the Council Chairs' Meeting
    4. Approve September 1997 Agenda - ACTION
    5. Appointments to Advisory Groups - ACTION
    6. Council Comments on Draft NMFS Report on California Sea Lions 
and Harbor Seals - ACTION

Other Meetings

    SCHEDULE OF ADVISORY GROUP/COMMITTEE MEETINGS

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1997 Time

    Secretarial Center 8 a.m., June 23-25
    Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
    Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 a.m.
    Habitat Steering Group 10 a.m.
    Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 1 p.m.
    Budget Committee After Council Session
    Enforcement Consultants 7 p.m.
    Buyback Committee 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1997

    Groundfish Advisory Panel (GAP) 8 a.m.
    SSC 8 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1997

    GAP 7 a.m. (If necessary)
    Detailed agendas for the above advisory meetings will be available 
after June 13, 1997.

Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: June 5, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-15240 Filed 6-10-97; 8:45 am]
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