Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 165 / Thursday, August 27, 2009 / Notices 43679 

sustainablefisheries/bycatch/ 

default.htm. 

Special Accommodations 

These workshops will be physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Sally Bibb, 907– 

586–7389, at least 10 working days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Dated: August 21, 2009. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–20728 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XR17 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) NonTarget Species Committee will meet in 

Seattle, WA. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 15, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 

12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Alaska Fishery Science Center 

(AFSC), 7600 Sand Point Way NE, 

Building 4, NMNL Room, Room 2139, 

Seattle, WA. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

DiCosimo, Council staff, telephone: 

(907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

committee will receive brief updates on 

two AFSC reports on uncertainty and 

vulnerable species which will be 

incorporated into the action plan for 

amending the groundfish fishery 

management plans to address annual 

catch limits. The committee will also 

review action plans for revising 

management of BSAI skates, Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Island/Gulf of Alaska 

(BSAI/GOA) squid, BSAI/GOA octopus, 

BSAI/GOA shark and sculpin, and 

BSAI/GOA grenadier. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group 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 this meeting. 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 intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail 

Bendixen at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 

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. E9–20689 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XR18 

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. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) Crab 

Plan Team will meet September 14–16, 

2009. The Crab Plan Team will meet 

jointly with the Council’s Groundfish 

Plan Teams on September 16. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

September 14–16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Alaska Fishery Science Center, 7600 

Sand Point Way, NE, Bldg 4, Traynor 

Room, Seattle, WA. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Stram, North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (907) 

271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

review final stock assessment chapters 

for 8 BSAI crab stocks and make final 

OFL recommendations. Other agenda 

items include: review Crab Economic 

SAFE chapter; review boundaries of the 

St. Matthew habitat conservation zone 

and Northern Bering Sea Research Area, 

provide recommendations regarding 

additional controls on crab bycatch in 

groundfish fisheries; review and revise 

research priorities; provide EFH and 

HAPC recommendations; review 

proposed ABC control rules for crab 

species to comply with ACL regulations. 

The agenda for both meeting will be 

posted 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 

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. E9–20690 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XR13 

Endangered Species; File Nos. 14344 

and 14400 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications. 

mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES