99-18640. Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18640]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071299B]


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) Scientific 
and Statistical Committee Groundfish Subcommittee (subcommittee) will 
hold a working meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will begin Monday, August 2, 1999 at 8 a.m. and may 
go into the evening until business for the day is completed. The 
meeting will reconvene at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 3 and continue 
throughout the day until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council Conference Room, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR; 
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 primary purpose of the meeting is to 
review rebuilding projections for lingcod, bocaccio, and Pacific ocean 
perch. The subcommittee plans to work with the stock assessment authors 
to develop consistent methods for arriving at rebuilding projections 
for the three species. As time allows, the subcommittee may also 
discuss a framework for future rebuilding projections.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not the 
subject of formal action during this 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: July 15, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-18640 Filed 7-20-99; 8:45 am]
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