[Federal Register: August 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 156)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080906C]

 
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC); Pacific 
Fishery Management Council; Public Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of a public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, the PSMFC 
Recreational Fisheries Information Network (RecFIN) Technical 
Committee, and the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) are 
hosting a workshop on the RecFIN data system which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The RecFIN workshop will begin at 1:15 p.m., Monday, August 28, 
2006. The workshop will continue through Thursday, August 31, 2006 
beginning at 8:30 a.m. every morning. The meetings will end at 5 p.m. 
each day, or as necessary to complete business.

ADDRESSES: The RecFIN workshop will be held at the Marriott Residence 
Inn, Downtown at River Place, 2115 SW River Parkway, Portland, OR 
97201; telephone: (503) 552-9500.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Russell Porter, PSMFC; telephone: 
(503) 595-3100; or Mr. John DeVore, Pacific Fishery Management Council; 
telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the RecFIN workshop is for 
members of the various RecFIN Committees, Council Management/Technical 
Team representatives, Council Advisory Panel representatives, Council 
Scientific and Statistical Committee representatives, NOAA Fisheries 
and other agency stock assessment biologists, and the general public to 
discuss improvements to the RecFIN data system to best aid fishery 
managers, assessment scientists, and other users of the RecFIN data 
system. The workshop participant's role will be development of 
recommendations and reports for consideration by the Council and PSMFC 
at future meetings.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the workshop agenda 
may come before the RecFIN workshop participants for discussion, those 
issues may not be the subject of formal workshop action during this 
meeting. RecFIN workshop action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed 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 RecFIN workshop 
participants' intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Ms.

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Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least 5 days prior to the meeting 
date.

    Dated: August 9, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-13278 Filed 8-11-06; 8:45 am]

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