95-6663. North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Meetings  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 14425-14426]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-6663]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    [I.D. 030995A]
    
    
    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 hold meetings during the week of April 17, 1995, 
    at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W. 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, AK. All meetings are 
    open to the public, with the exception of an executive session to be 
    held during the lunch hour 1 day during the meeting week to review 
    personnel matters and pending litigation. Each meeting will continue 
    until business is completed. All meetings will be held at the hotel and 
    are scheduled as follows:
        Council Advisory Panel and Scientific and Statistical Committee 
    meetings will begin at 1:00 p.m., on April 17.
        The Council meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m., on April 19, and is 
    expected to continue through at least April 22, and possibly, April 23. 
    There may be other workgroup and/or committee meetings held during the 
    week. Notice of meetings will be posted and announced at the Council 
    meeting. Time permitting, the Council will address, and may take 
    appropriate action on, the following agenda items:
        1. Reports from NMFS on the current status of fisheries and 
    regulations, from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on domestic 
    fisheries, and from NMFS and the U.S. Coast Guard on enforcement and 
    surveillance activities;
        2. Final action on groundfish and crab license alternatives;
        3. Initial review of analysis for continuation of inshore/offshore 
    allocations and the pollock community development quota program;
        4. Review proposed rule for the moratorium on groundfish and crab 
    fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 
    (BSAI);
        5. Receive a status report on the implementation of the Research 
    Plan observer user fee program and review technical issues associated 
    with the plan;
        6. Receive legal opinion from NOAA General Counsel on the State of 
    Alaska's authority over halibut management, and a staff report on 
    progress for a regulatory amendment to control the amount of halibut 
    taken by the charter industry;
        7. Under the Sablefish and Halibut Individual Fishery Quota (IFQ) 
    Program, the Council will receive a report from its Implementation 
    Team, receive an issues paper on an early opening of the Aleutian 
    Islands sablefish IFQ fishery, and receive a status report on several 
    other pending amendments to the program;
        8. Review information on oil and gas lease sale (MMS Sale 249) in 
    Cook Inlet;
        9. Bycatch, waste, and harvest priority: Receive discussion papers 
    on improved retention and utilization; seasonal allocation of rock sole 
    total allowable catch; and harvest priority, including a legal opinion 
    on options being discussed for harvest priority;
        10. Review Magnuson Act reauthorization proposals and approved 
    amendments;
        11. Review biological assessment and opinion for section 7 
    consultation for Snake River salmon, and receive a report on listing 
    Steller sea lions as endangered, and a report on the status of 
    seabirds;
        12. Scallop management: Receive a status report on emergency 
    closure; review draft fishery management plan, and information on crab 
    bycatch and inclusion of scallop vessels in the observer plan;
        13. Receive a report of the working panel for a grid sorting 
    amendment to reduce halibut bycatch/mortality;
        14. Initial review of an analysis of Bristol Bay red king crab 
    closure and receive a report from the BSAI Crab and Groundfish Plan 
    Teams on rebuilding crab fisheries;
        15. Receive a report from the Salmon Research Foundation and take 
    final action on chinook salmon bycatch amendment;
        16. Review a proposed rule for the total weight measurement 
    amendment;
        17. Receive report on pollock trawl mesh studies;
        18. Consider whether to adjust the GOA Pacific ocean perch (POP) 
    rebuilding plan, and establish the total allowable catch for POP for 
    1995;
        19. Consider apportioning pollock between midwater and bottom 
    trawls.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: North Pacific Fishery Management 
    Council, P.O. Box 103136, Anchorage, AK 99510; telephone: (907) 271-
    2809.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These meetings are physically accessible to 
    people with disabilities. Requests for [[Page 14426]] 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: March 13, 1995.
    David S. Crestin,
    Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
    National Marine Fisheries Service.
    [FR Doc. 95-6663 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
03/17/1995
Department:
Commerce Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of public meetings.
Document Number:
95-6663
Pages:
14425-14426 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
I.D. 030995A
PDF File:
95-6663.pdf