[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55785-55786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28443]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102097B]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
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ACTION: Notice of advisory group meetings scheduled in November, 1997.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council)
Vessel Bycatch Accountability (VBA) Committee and Gulf of Alaska and
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish plan teams will hold meetings in
November in Seattle, WA.
DATES: The VBA Committee will meet Friday, November 14, 1997, beginning
at 8:00 a.m.
The groundfish plan teams will meet November 17-21, 1997, beginning
at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 17.
ADDRESSES: VBA Committee: Nordby Conference Center, Suite A,
Fishermen's Terminal, 1711 W. Nickerson, Seattle, WA.
Plan teams: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way
NE., Building 4, Room 2079, Seattle, WA.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Witherell, telephone: 907-271-
2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The VBA Committee will further define options of a vessel
bycatch accountability program, with emphasis on initial and annual
allocations.
2. The groundfish plan teams will review any new stock assessment
information and catch statistics, prepare final stock assessment
documents for the 1998 groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska and
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, and prepare recommendations for acceptable
biological catches for individual species. The teams will also discuss
streamlining the process of setting annual total allowable catches and
review research needs and priorities.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
the Committee or Plan Teams for discussion, in accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues
may not be the subject of formal action during the meetings. Committee
or Plan Team action will be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in the agenda listed in this notice.
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: October 21, 1997.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-28443 Filed 10-27-97; 8:45 am]
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