[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 165 (Thursday, August 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43677-43678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20688]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XR16


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public 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's Gulf of Alaska 
(GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) groundfish plan teams 
will meet in Seattle.

DATES: The meetings will be held September 15-18, 2009. The joint plan 
team meeting will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, September 15 and continue 
through noon on Friday, September 18. The GOA Plan Team will convene 
separately at 1 p.m. on Friday, September 18 in Room 1055. The BSAI 
Plan Team will convene separately at 1 p.m. on Friday, September 18 in 
the Traynor Room.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Alaska Fisheries Science 
Center, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4, Observer Training Room 
(GOA Plan Team) and Traynor Room (Joint Teams and BS/AI Plan Team), 
Seattle, WA.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane DiCosimo or Diana Stram, North 
Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: (907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda: Principal business is to prepare and 
review the draft Economic Report, the draft Ecosystems Consideration 
Chapter, proposed modeling changes to stock assessments for some 
target-categories, proposed 2010-12 halibut discard mortality rates for 
all groundfish fisheries, and recommend preliminary groundfish catch 
specifications for 2008/09. The teams will also review proposed 
uncertainty corrections and Allowable Biological Catch control rules 
for stock assessments, application of stock structure for area 
management, vulnerability analyses for identifying which groundfish 
stocks could be categorized as ``in the fishery'' versus in a new 
ecosystem component category, and recommendations for criteria for 
evaluating proposals to create new habitat areas of particular concern.
    The agenda is posted on the Council website at: http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these 
meetings. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of 
this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the 
Council's

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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 Gail Bendixen, (907) 271-2809, at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 24, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-20688 Filed 8-26-09; 8:45 am]
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