98-20889. Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41803-41804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20889]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072498H]


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 Groundfish Total 
Catch Determination Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 25, 1998, beginning 
at 1:00 p.m. and may go into the evening until business for the day is 
completed. The meeting will reconvene at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 
26, 1998 and continue until the agenda has been completed.

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

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ad hoc committee has been instructed to 
continue the investigation and development of a program to determine

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total groundfish fishing mortality and discard, and to provide the 
information necessary to assess the effects of trip limit management. 
The ad hoc Committee will propose goals for a data collection program, 
identify funding options and impediments, and develop an overall 
program design. The Council has also instructed the committee to 
conduct a full exploration of reasonable alternatives to an observer 
program (e.g., full retention) and to address equity issues associated 
with participation of various gear groups, vessel size categories, and 
funding.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this group for disccussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be of 
formal discussion 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 29, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-20889 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
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