Meetings: Pacific Fishery Management Council,

[Federal Register: November 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 223)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) ad-hoc policy committee for developing goals and objectives for a long-term technical assessment of non-catch salmon mortalities in Council salmon fisheries will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 9, 1998, beginning at 11:00 a.m. and will continue until 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Conference Room, 45 SE 82nd Drive, Suite 100, Gladstone, OR; telephone: (503) 650-5400.

Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Coon, Salmon Fishery Management Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to begin developing goals and objectives for a long-term technical assessment of non-catch mortalities in Council fisheries.

Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and Management Act, 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.

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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 (503) 326-6352 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: November 16, 1998. Bruce C. Morehead, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98-30976Filed11-18-98; 8:45 am]

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