[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63791-63792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30421]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 111599A]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Notice of
MeetingsAGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Meetings of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and
its advisory committees.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will hold public meetings.
DATES: The Council and its advisory bodies will meet in Anchorage,
Alaska the week of December 6, 1999. The Scientific Committee will
begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, December 6, and continue through
Wednesday, December 8. The Advisory Panel will begin at 8:00 a.m. on
Monday, December 6, and continue through December 9. The Council will
begin at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 8, and continue through
Monday, December 13. All meetings are open to the public except
Executive Sessions which may be held during the week to discuss
litigation and/or personnel matters.
ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W. Third
Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Council staff, Phone: 907-271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Council
The agenda for the Council's plenary session will include the
following issues. The Council may take appropriate action on any of the
issues identified.
Reports
Executive Director's Report
State Fisheries Report by Alaska Department of Fish and Game
National Marine Fisheries Service Management Report
Enforcement and Surveillance Reports
American Fisheries Act
Review co-op performance reports and agreements.
Comment on proposed rule for 2000, particularly with regard to
vessel exemptions.
Update analysis of excessive shares/processing sideboards.
Essential Fish Habitat
Comment on interim final rule.
Halibut Charter Guideline Harvest Level
Initial review of alternatives and analysis.
Steller sea lions
Status report on litigation.
Comment on proposed rule for 2000.
Discuss adaptive management strategies and results of evening
workshop.
Pacific Cod License Limitation Program Endorsements
Discussion paper on grandfather provisions and progress on
analysis.
Groundfish Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
Status report and comment on notice of intent.
Halibut Subsistence
Review alternatives and analysis and give direction to staff.
Alaska Board of Fisheries
Receive summary of October work session and review Board of
Fisheries proposals of mutual concern.
Groundfish Specifications for 2000
Approve final Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Groundfish Stock
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report.
Approve final 2000 BSAI groundfish and prohibited species
apportionments.
Approve final Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish Stock Assessment and
Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report.
Approve final 2000 GOA groundfish and prohibited species
apportionments.
Approve assumed halibut discard mortality rates.
Advisory Meetings
Advisory Panel
With the exception of the reports listed above, the agenda for the
Advisory Panel will mirror that of the Council listed above.
Scientific and Statistical Committee
The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will address the
following items:
Groundfish SAFEs and specifications for 2000 for BSAI and GOA
groundfish.
Initial review of alternatives and the analysis for the halibut
charter harvest guideline level.
Progress on the Groundfish SEIS.
Comment on the interim final rule for essential fish habitat.
Other committees and workgroups may hold impromptu meetings
throughout the meeting week. Such meetings will be announced during
regularly-scheduled meetings of the Council, Advisory Panel, and SSC,
and will be posted at the hotel.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal Council action during this meeting. Council 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 Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Helen Allen at 907-271-2809 at
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: November 17, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-30421 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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