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D. Guam Voluntary Data Collection 

Program 

4. Current Recreational Fishing 

Initiatives 

A. Marine Recreational Information 

Program 

B. National Saltwater Angler Registry 

5. Council Actions 

A. American Samoa Voluntary 

Logbook Data Collection Program 

B. Recommendations on Mandatory 

Permitting and Reporting Requirements 

for Recreational Fisheries in the 

Western Pacific 

6. Public Comments 

7. Discussion and Action 

8. Other Business 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

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 Kitty M. Simonds, 

(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– 

8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: September 8, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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 (Council) and its 

advisory committees will hold public 

meetings in October. 

DATES: The Council will begin its 

plenary session at 8 a.m. on Saturday 

October 3 continuing through Friday 

October 9, 2009. The Council’s Advisory 

Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m., 

Thursday October 1 and continue 

through Tuesday October 6. The 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday 

October 1 and continue through 

Saturday October 3, 2009. All meetings 

are open to the public, except executive 

sessions. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 W 3rd 

Avenue, Anchorage, AK 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Witherell, Council staff, 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Council 

Plenary Session: The agenda for the 

Council’s plenary session will include 

the following issues. The Council may 

take appropriate action on any of the 

issues identified. 

1. Reports: 

Election of Officers 

Executive Director’s Report 

NMFS Management Report 

Alaska Department of Fish & Game 

Report (including report on Board of 

Fish Proposals) 

U.S. Coast Guard Report 

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report 

Protected Species Report 

2. Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Pacific Cod 

Allocation: Initial review GOA Pacific 

cod sector split. 

3. GOA Rockfish Program: Discussion 

paper and action as necessary. 

4. Observer Program: Receive report 

on electronic monitoring Exempted 

Fishing Permit (EFP) Phase two; review 

implementation analysis; receive 

Observer Advisory Committee report 

and action as necessary. 

5. BSAI Crab Issues: BSAI Crab 

Regional Delivery Relief, identify 

preliminary preferred alternative; Initial 

Review of Crab Right of First Refusal 

provisions; Review proposals to address 

western Aleutian Island golden king 

crab fishery; Review outline for 5-year 

review of the program; Approve BSAI 

Crab Stock Assessment Fishery 

Evaluation (SAFE) and Over Fishing 

Limits (OFLs); receive discussion paper 

on Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) 

limits; Review status of Saint Matthew 

& Pribilof Blue King Crab and Opilio 

rebuilding plans. 

6. Groundfish Actions: Final action on 

bottom trawl gear sweep requirements 

for flatfish trawl fishery; final action on 

management of BSAI skate complex; 

receive Plan Team report; approve 

proposed catch specifications 

7. Permit Fees: Final action on permit 

fees. 

8. Salmon Bycatch: Initial review of 

salmon bycatch data collection; receive 

Geiger/Pella report on salmon bycatch 

sampling. (SSC only/and NMFS salmon 

sampling protocol) 

9. Groundfish Issues: Review progress 

on Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) 

requirements; Review discussion paper 

on GOA Tanner and Chinook bycatch; 

Approve 5-year Research Priorities; 

Habitat Area Particular Concern (HAPC) 

evaluation criteria (SSC only). 

10. Halibut Issues: Three-year charter 

halibut logbook review. 

11. Staff Tasking: Review Committees 

and tasking; review Rural Outreach 

Committee report; consider additional 

alternative for Amendment 93 per 

NMFS request. 

12. Other Business 

The SSC agenda will include the 

following issues: 

1. Observer Program 

2. Bering Sea Crab 

3. Groundfish Actions 

4. Salmon Bycatch 

5. Groundfish Issues 

6. Halibut Issues 

The Advisory Panel will address most 

of the same agenda issues as the 

Council, except for #1 reports. The 

Agenda is subject to change, and the 

latest version will be posted at http:// 

www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/ 

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 at 

(907) 271–2809 at least 7 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: September 8, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) Ad 

Hoc Salmon Amendment Committee 

(SAC) will hold a meeting to develop 

draft alternatives and plan analyses for 

an amendment to the Pacific Coast 

Salmon Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) to address the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act (MSA) requirements for annual 

catch limits (ACL) and accountability 

measures (AM). This meeting of the 

SAC is open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, October 7, 2009, from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Pacific Council Office, Large 

Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador 

Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220– 

1384; telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management Staff 

Officer, Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

reauthorized MSA established new 

requirements to end and prevent 

overfishing through the use of ACL and 

AM. Federal FMPs must establish 

mechanisms for ACL and AM by 2010 

for stocks subject to overfishing and by 

2011 for all others, with the exceptions 

of stocks managed under an 

international agreement or stocks with a 

life cycle of approximately one year. 

On January 16, 2009, NMFS 

published amended guidelines for 

National Standard 1 (NS1) of the MSA 

to provide guidance on how to comply 

with new ACL and AM requirements. 

The NS1 Guidelines include 

recommendations for establishing 

several related reference points to 

ensure scientific and management 

uncertainty are accounted for when 

management measures are established. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

develop alternatives to address those 

issues, and to plan analyses that will be 

used to evaluate those alternatives in a 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) analysis. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the SAC for discussion, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal action during this meeting. 

Action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: September 8, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Recovery Plans 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On July 23, 2009, we, NMFS, 

announced the release of the Draft 

Southern California Steelhead Recovery 

Plan (Plan) for public review and 

comment. The Plan addresses the 

Southern California Steelhead 

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) Distinct 

Population Segment (DPS), which 

spawns in watersheds from the Santa 

Maria River (just north of Point 

Conception) south to the Tijuana River 

at the U.S.-Mexico border. NMFS is 

soliciting review and comment from the 

public and all interested parties on the 

Draft Plan. As part of that proposal, we 

provided a 60–day comment period, 

ending on September 20, 2009. We have 

received requests for an extension of the 

public comment period. In response to 

these requests, we are extending the 

comment period for the proposed action 

an additional 60 days. 

DATES: Information and comments on 

the subject action must be received by 

November 19, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments and materials to Penny 

Ruvelas, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, 501 W. Ocean Blvd, Suite 4200, 

Long Beach, CA 90802. Comments may 

also be submitted by e-mail to: 

SteelheadPlan.swr@noaa.gov. Include in 

the subject line of the e-mail comment 

the following identifier: Comments on 

Southern California Steelhead Plan. 

Comments may be submitted via 

facsimile (fax) to 562–980–4027. 

Persons wishing to review the Plan 

can obtain an electronic copy (i.e., CDROM) from Kimberly Speech by calling 

562–980–4020 or by e-mailing a request 

to kimberly.speech@noaa.gov with the 

subject line ‘‘CD-ROM Request for 

Southern California Steelhead Recovery 

Plan.’’ Electronic copies of the Plan are 

also available on-line on the NMFS 

website http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/ 

recovery/SolCal.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Capelli, NMFS Southern 

California Steelhead Recovery 

Coordinator at 805–963–6478 x14 or 

Penny Ruvelas, NMFS SWR Protected 

Resources Division at 562–980–4197. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 23, 2009, we published a 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

Southern California Steelhead Recovery 

Plan (Plan) for public review and 

comment (74 FR 36460). The Plan 

addresses the Southern California 

Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) 

Distinct Population Segment (DPS), 

which spawns in watersheds from the 

Santa Maria River (just north of Point 

Conception) south to the Tijuana River 

at the U.S.-Mexico border. NMFS is 

soliciting review and comment from the 

public and all interested parties on the 

Draft Plan. As part of that proposal, we 

provided a 60–day comment period, 

ending on September 20, 2009. We also 

held two public meetings on the Plan, 

one in Carlsbad, CA, on August 25, 2009 

and one in Santa Barbara, CA, on 

September 1, 2009. We have received 

requests for an extension of the public 

comment period. In response to these 

requests, we are extending the comment 

period for the proposed action an 

additional 60 days. Information and 

comments must be received by 

November 19, 2009. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: September 4, 2009. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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