Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 5017 [E7-1700]
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Dated: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council) Ad
Hoc Trawl Individual Quota Committee
(TIQC) will hold a working meeting,
which is open to the public.
DATES: The TIQC meeting will be held
Tuesday, February 20, 2007, from 1 p.m.
until business for the day is completed.
The TIQC will reconvene on
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 8:30
a.m. and meet until business for the day
is completed. The TIQC will reconvene
on Thursday, February 22, 2007, at 8:30
a.m. and adjourn no later than 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The TIQC meeting will be
held at the Red Lion Hotel - On the
River Jantzen Beach, Multnomah Room,
909 N Hayden Island Drive, Portland,
OR 97217; telephone: (503) 283–4466.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jim Seger, Staff Officer; telephone: (503)
820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Council is considering an individual
quota program to cover limited entry
trawl landings in the West Coast
groundfish fishery. Permit stacking and
cooperative alternatives are also being
considered. The purpose of the TIQC
working meeting is to review and
further develop alternatives under
analysis, with particular emphasis on
the Groundfish Allocation Committee
(GAC) report from the GAC’s December
meeting and Groundfish Management
Team comments from the GMT’s
January 2007 meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the TIQC meeting agenda
may come before the TIQC for
discussion, those issues may not be the
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subject of formal TIQC action during
these meetings. TIQC action will be
restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and to any issues
arising after publication of this notice
requiring emergency action under
Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the TIQC’s intent to take final
action to address the emergency.
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms.
Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7–1700 Filed 2–1–07; 8:45 am]
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeastern
Data, Assessment, and Review
(SEDAR) Steering Committee; Public
Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering
Committee will meet to discuss the
SEDAR schedule through 2012; consider
modifications to the SEDAR process;
review research and monitoring needs;
and discuss a process for addressing
post-review assessment corrections.
DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee
will meet on Tuesday, February 20,
2007, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Francis Marion Hotel, 387 King
Street, Charleston, SC 29403; telephone:
(843) 723–0600; fax: (543) 853–2166.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Carmichael, SEDAR Program Manager,
SEDAR/SAFMC, 4055 Faber Place, Suite
PO 00000
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201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free
(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520.
The South
Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean
Fishery Management Councils; in
conjunction with NOAA Fisheries, the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, and the Gulf States Marine
Fisheries Commission; implemented the
Southeast Data, Assessment and Review
(SEDAR) process, a multi-step method
for determining the status of fish stocks.
The SEDAR Steering Committee
provides oversight of the SEDAR
process, establishes assessment
priorities, and provides coordination
between assessment efforts and
management activities. The SEDAR
Steering Committee meets twice
annually.
During this meeting the Steering
Committee will consider benchmark
assessments during 2009 - 2012 and
update assessments in 2008 and 2009.
The Committee will receive reports from
the Councils regarding research and
monitoring priorities. The Committee
will discuss procedures for addressing
assessment corrections that arise after
the review. The Committee will develop
a list of species to be assessed on a
regular basis and a list of species of
concern that will be assessed less
frequently.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council office see ADDRESSES at least 3
business days prior to the meeting.
Dated: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 012907B]
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
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's (Council) Ad Hoc
Trawl Individual Quota Committee (TIQC) will hold a working meeting,
which is open to the public.
DATES: The TIQC meeting will be held Tuesday, February 20, 2007, from 1
p.m. until business for the day is completed. The TIQC will reconvene
on Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. and meet until business
for the day is completed. The TIQC will reconvene on Thursday, February
22, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn no later than 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The TIQC meeting will be held at the Red Lion Hotel - On the
River Jantzen Beach, Multnomah Room, 909 N Hayden Island Drive,
Portland, OR 97217; telephone: (503) 283-4466.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Seger, Staff Officer;
telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council is considering an individual
quota program to cover limited entry trawl landings in the West Coast
groundfish fishery. Permit stacking and cooperative alternatives are
also being considered. The purpose of the TIQC working meeting is to
review and further develop alternatives under analysis, with particular
emphasis on the Groundfish Allocation Committee (GAC) report from the
GAC's December meeting and Groundfish Management Team comments from the
GMT's January 2007 meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the TIQC meeting
agenda may come before the TIQC for discussion, those issues may not be
the subject of formal TIQC action during these meetings. TIQC action
will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice
and to any issues arising after publication of this notice requiring
emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified
of the TIQC's intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-1700 Filed 2-1-07; 8:45 am]
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