97-15060. Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Northern Anchovy Fishery; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31551-31552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15060]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[I.D. 053097E]


Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; 
Northern Anchovy Fishery; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Announcement of Advisory Subpanel Meeting and Status of the 
Northern Anchovy Fishery.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Coastal 
Pelagics Advisory Subpanel will meet with representatives of the 
Coastal

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Pelagics Planning Team to discuss the biomass estimate for northern 
anchovy, which was last completed in 1995, and trends in the biomass, 
for the purpose of setting the commercial harvest quotas for the 1997 
fishing season.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 18, 1997, at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 
West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James J. Morgan at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the meeting, data showing trends in the 
estimated spawning biomass will be presented with an overview of 
historical abundance, the quotas available for harvest will be 
announced, and public comments will be received. Status of an issue 
paper on the management of coastal pelagic fisheries by the California 
Department of Fish and Game also will be discussed. All materials 
relating to the annual quotas will be forwarded to the Council and its 
Scientific and Statistical Committee and will be available for public 
inspection at the Office of the Acting Regional Administrator (see 
ADDRESSES). The interim final quotas will be published in the Federal 
Register on or about August 1 with an opportunity for public comment.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to James J. Morgan at NMFS Regional Office (see 
ADDRESSES) by June 13, 1997.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: June 4, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-15060 Filed 6-5-97; 2:33 pm]
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