97-16403. Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33833-33834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16403]


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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

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting agenda revision.

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SUMMARY: The agenda for the meetings of the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council (Council), which are scheduled for June 23-25, 1997, in 
Seattle, WA, was published on June 11, 1997. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for revision to the meeting agenda.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Red Lion Hotel-Seattle 
Airport, (Now known as Doubletree) 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: John Coon, Salmon Fishery Coordinator; 
telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The initial agenda was published on June 11, 
1997 (62 FR 31792). The following revisions are to be made:
    The Council has approved an emergency change to the salmon agenda 
of its June meeting. The salmon agenda is scheduled to occur on the 
afternoon of June 23, 1997, at the Red Lion Hotel Seattle Airport (now 
known as Doubletree), see ADDRESSES.
    Current Agenda Item C.1., Statement of the Council Chair Concerning 
the 1997 Salmon Management Process, will be modified as follows:
    C. Salmon Management
    1. Review and Consideration of Estimation Issues Affecting the 
Season Structure and Resulting Allocation of the 1997 Commercial Salmon 
Fisheries off California and Oregon
    a. Statement of Chair concerning 1997 Preseason
    Process
    b. Summary of Estimation and Season Structure Issues Raised by 
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
    c. Comments of the Salmon Advisory Subpanel, Salmon Technical Team, 
and Scientific and Statistical Committee
    d. Public Comments
    e. Council - ACTION (if necessary to correct season structure)
    This emergency change to the Council agenda responds to concerns 
raised by California commercial fishery representatives with regard to 
the estimation and subsequent allocation of Klamath and Snake River 
fall chinook harvest impacts in the 1997 commercial fishery. The change 
in Agenda item C.1., from a discussion to an action item, allows the 
potential for modifying the commercial salmon fisheries off Oregon and 
California by emergency rule, if deemed necessary as a result of the 
Council's review in this matter. The potential changes in the 
commercial season proposed by the California representatives include 
reductions in closures south of Point San Pedro, along with possible 
minimum size limit increases, and offsetting closures in the commercial 
fisheries off Oregon, most likely in the area south of Cape Arago.
    All other information previously published remains unchanged.

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 18, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-16403 Filed 6-18-97; 3:54 pm]
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