[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28087-28088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13090]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051195B]
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 during the month of June 1995, according to
the schedule published below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: North Pacific Fishery Management
Council, P.O. Box 103136, Anchorage, AK 99510; telephone: (907) 271-
2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)
The SSC will meet on June 8-9, 1995, at the Holiday Inn, 239 W. 4th
Avenue, in the Ketchikan Room, Anchorage, AK. The meeting will begin at
8 a.m., and will end at approximately 5 p.m., each day. Its agenda is
as follows:
1. Review revised analysis for extension of the inshore/offshore
allocations and pollock community development quotas;
2. Review revised analysis for the license limitation program for
the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish and crab
fisheries;
3. Review of proposed observer specifications for 1996;
4. Review of Scallop Fishery Management Plan and proposed
amendments;
5. Review halibut discard mortality rates used for Prohibited
Species Cap attainment;
6. Review of trawl closure areas in Bristol Bay to reduce red king
crab bycatch; and
7. Review electronic reporting requirements for fishing vessels/
processors.
Advisory Panel (AP)
The AP will meet on June 11-15, 1995, at the Grand Aleutian Hotel
in Dutch Harbor, AK. The AP meeting will begin at 8 a.m., and will end
at approximately 5 p.m, each day. The agenda will be the same as that
for the Council (see following section).
North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council)
The Council will meet on June 13-18, 1995, at the Grand Aleutian
Hotel in Dutch Harbor, AK. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m., and will
end at approximately 5 p.m., each day. There may be other workgroup
and/or committee meetings held during the week. Notice of meetings will
be posted. The Council will address, and may take appropriate action
on, the following agenda items, time permitting:
1. Reports from NMFS on 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. Consider final action on groundfish and crab license
alternatives for the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands
groundfish and crab fisheries;
3. Consider final action on the continuation of inshore/offshore
allocations and the pollock community development quota program;
4. Review proposed observer specifications for 1996, prioritize
observer deployments, discuss potential use of supplemental and
voluntary observer programs, and receive a report from the Observer
Oversight Committee;
5. Status report on the Sablefish and Halibut Individual Fishery
Quota Program and review several proposed amendments;
6. Receive a progress report on the Scallop Fishery Management Plan
and take action on an amendment for scallop management measures not now
included in the plan;
7. Review halibut discard mortality rates specified for
1995; [[Page 28088]]
8. Review trawl closure areas in Bristol Bay to reduce red king
crab bycatch; and
9. Take final action on electronic reporting requirements for
fishing vessels/processors.
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, telephone: (907) 271-
2809, at least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 23, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-13090 Filed 5-26-95; 8:45 am]
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