96-17273. Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 131 (Monday, July 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 35727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17273]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 062896C]


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) Groundfish 
Management Team (GMT) will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will begin on July 15, at 1 p.m. and may go into the 
evening until business for the day is completed. The meeting will 
reconvene on July 16 through July 19, at 8 a.m. The meeting will 
adjourn on Friday at 5 p.m.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Glock, Groundfish Fishery 
Management Coordinator; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this meeting is to 
review the Council's June 1996 instructions to the GMT and prepare 
reports for the August 1996 Council meeting. The GMT will review 
several new groundfish stock assessments and prepare initial 
recommendations for 1997 catch levels; review the rate of groundfish 
landings through June; review preliminary analyses of the Pacific 
whiting allocation proposal, a proposal to establish disposition 
procedures for salmon bycatch in the shore-based whiting fishery, and 
industry proposals relating to sale of amounts of fish landed in excess 
of trip limits, restrictions on transfers (including leases) of limited 
entry permits, allowing vessels to begin their landing periods mid-
month, and data collection.

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: July 1, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-17273 Filed 7-5-96; 8:45 am]
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