[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 42340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20031]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072899C]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting via teleconference.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad-Hoc 
Salmon Nonretention Mortality Committee will confer by telephone.

DATES: The teleconference call will begin Friday, August 20, 1999, at 9 
a.m. PDT.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for call locations.
    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 public may participate at the following 
call locations:
    1. Pacific Fishery Management Council office, 2130 SW Fifth Avenue, 
Suite 224, Portland, OR
    2. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 600 Capitol Way N, 
Olympia, WA
    Contact: Phil Anderson, (360) 902-2720;
    3. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2040 SE Marine Science 
Drive, Newport, OR
    Contact: Rod Kaiser, (541) 867-4741 extension 240;
    4. California Department of Fish and Game, 1416 Ninth Street, 
Sacramento, CA
    Contact: LB Boydstun, (916) 653-6281;
    5. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Region, 7600 Sand 
Point Way NE, Seattle, WA
    Contact: Bill Robinson, (206) 526-6142.
    The primary purpose of the conference is to review and direct the 
completion of work assignments in developing updated, scientifically 
based recommendations for reliable and consistent estimates of 
nonretention mortality in ocean salmon fisheries under Council 
management. The Ad-Hoc Committee will report the results of this 
conference to the Council on September 14, 1999, in Portland, OR.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Committee for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery 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 listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    The public participation sites are 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 conference date.

    Dated: July 28, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-20031 Filed 8-3-99; 8:45 am]
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