[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1309]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 011097B]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory bodies will meet in Anchorage, Alaska the week of February 3,
1997. Other committee and workgroup meetings may be held on short
notice during the week; notices will be posted at the meeting site. All
meetings are open to the public with the exception of Council executive
sessions to discuss personnel, international issues, and litigation. An
executive session is tentatively scheduled for noon on February 7,
1997.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500
W. 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
DATES: The Advisory Panel (AP) will begin on February 3, 1997 at 8:00
a.m.; the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin on
February 3, 1997 at 1:00 p.m. The AP and SSC should conclude their
meetings by February 6. The Council will meet jointly with the Alaska
Board of Fisheries beginning at 8:00 a.m. on February 4, 1997, and
begin their normal plenary session on February 5, 1997 at 8:00 a.m.,
concluding by February 9, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Council staff, telephone: (907) 271-
2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the meetings will include the
following subjects:
1. Reports from NMFS on the current status of the fisheries off
Alaska, the status of Steller sea lions, and marine mammal research,
and a special progress report on the Alaska Sealife Center.
2. Reports on halibut stocks, actions taken by the International
Pacific Halibut Commission, consideration of the need for revisions to
the Halibut Area 4 Catch Sharing Plan, and discussion of seabird
avoidance for the halibut individual fishery quota (IFQ) fishery.
3. Review and consider approval of initial analysis for halibut
charterboat management.
4. Review of tasking mandated by the Magnuson-Stevens Act,
including:
(a) Review development of a central title registry for IFQs;
(b) Review development of IFQ/Community Development Quota (CDQ) fee
and loan programs; and
(c) Status report on National Academy of Sciences study of IFQ/CDQ
programs and make-up of Secretary of Commerce's IFQ panel for the
western United States.
5. Discussion of further direction on vessel bycatch allowances.
6. Final review of research priorities for 1997.
7. Discuss and comment on NMFS guidelines for describing and
identifying essential fish habitat.
8. Approve revisions to the Council Standard Operating Procedures
in response to Magnuson-Stevens Act amendments.
9. Groundfish issues to be discussed include:
(a) Final review of management options for the Gulf of Alaska
pelagic shelf rockfish fisheries to be managed by the State of Alaska;
and
(b) Discussion paper on rolling closures at sablefish survey sites
in the Gulf of Alaska.
10. Staff tasking.
11. The agenda for the joint meeting of the Council and the Alaska
Board of Fisheries will include:
(a) Discussion of state crab management, including Adak pot limits,
Bristol Bay red king crab size reductions and other Bristol Bay red
king crab management options; and
(b) Discussion of the State's groundfish management plan.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Helen Allen, 907-271-2809, at
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 14, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-1309 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]
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