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vessel permits, vessel registrations,

operator permits, and a prohibition on

the use of trap gear in the royal red

shrimp fishery. The status of the

Council’s other FMPs, amendments, and

regulatory actions will also be reviewed.

The LEAP consists of principal law

enforcement officers in each of the Gulf

states as well as NMFS, the U.S. Coast

Guard, and the NOAA General Counsel.

A copy of the agenda and related

materials can be obtained by calling the

Council office at 813–228–2815.

Although other non-emergency issues

not on the agendas may come before the

LEAP for discussion, in accordance with

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal action during this meetings.

Actions of the LEAP will be restricted

to those issues specifically identified in

the agenda 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 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

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by October 11, 2000.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 092000A]

Advisory Committee to the U.S.

Section of the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Fall Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: In preparation for the 2000

ICCAT meeting, the Advisory

Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT

will hold its annual fall meeting in

October 2000.

DATES: Open sessions will be held on

October 29, 2000, from 12:15 p.m. to 6

p.m. and October 30, 2000, from 8:30

a.m. to 12 noon. Closed sessions will be

held on October 30, 2000, from 2 p.m.

to 6:30 p.m. and on October 31, 2000,

from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Written

comments should be received no later

than October 25, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the NOAA Silver Spring Metro Center

complex in Silver Spring, MD. The

October 29 (public comment) session

will be held at the NOAA Silver Spring

Metro Center campus in conference

room 4527 on the fourth floor of

building 3 (1315 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, Maryland). The October

30 open session and both closed

sessions of the Committee will be held

in the Science Center in building 4 of

the NOAA complex (1305 East-West

Highly, Silver Spring, Maryland).

Written comments should be sent to

Kim Blankenbeker, Executive Secretary

to the Advisory Committee, NOAA -

Fisheries/SF4, 1315 East-West Highway,

Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick E. Moran, 301-713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section

to ICCAT will meet in two open

sessions to consider information on

stock status of highly migratory species

and 2000 management

recommendations of ICCAT’s Standing

Committee on Research and Statistics

(SCRS). Also in the open sessions, the

Advisory Committee will review the

results of recent meetings, including

ICCAT’s working group meeting on

allocation criteria, SCRS workshops,

Advisory Committee regional meetings,

and the Food and Agriculture

Organization’s meeting concerning

illegal, unregulated, and unreported

fishing. The Committee will also discuss

other ICCAT-related activities. Further,

the Committee will review the

implementation of 1999 and prior

ICCAT recommendations and

resolutions and will receive an overview

of implementation of recommendations

for research and management resulting

from its Spring 2000 Species Working

Group meeting. Both sessions will be

open to the public. The only

opportunity for public comment will be

during the October 29, 2000, open

session. Written comments are

encouraged and, if mailed, should be

received by October 25, 2000 (see

ADDRESSES). Written comments can also

be submitted during the open sessions

of the Advisory Committee meeting.

The Advisory Committee will go into

executive session on the afternoon of

October 30, 2000, and for the entire

October 31, 2000, session to discuss

sensitive information relating to

upcoming international negotiations.

These sessions are not open to the

public.

Please be reminded that NMFS

expects members of the public to

conduct themselves appropriately for

the duration of the meeting. At the

beginning of the public comment

session, an explanation of the ground

rules will be provided(e.g., alcohol in

the meeting room is prohibited,

speakers will be called to give their

comments in the order in which they

registered to speak, each speaker will

have an equal amount of time to speak,

and speakers should not interrupt one

another). The session will be structured

so that all attending members of the

public are able to comment, if they so

choose, regardless of the degree of

controversy of the subject(s). Those not

respecting the ground rules will be

asked to leave the meeting.

Special Accommodations

The meeting locations are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Patrick E. Moran

at (301) 713-2276 at least 7 days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Deputy Office Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 092500C]

New England 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 New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling public meetings of its

Groundfish Advisory Panel and Social

Science Advisory Committee (SSAC) in

October, 2000 to consider actions

affecting New England fisheries in the

exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Recommendations from these groups

will be brought to the full Council for

formal consideration and action, if

appropriate.

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DATES: The meetings will held between

Monday, October 16, 2000 and Tuesday,

October 17, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Danvers, MA and Peabody, MA. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

locations.

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J.

Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978)465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

Monday, October 16, 2000, 10:00

a.m.—Social Sciences Advisory

Committee Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street, Route 1, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 535-4600.

The SSAC will provide guidance to

the Council on proposed public

meetings to gather information about the

social impacts of Council management

actions for the Northeast multispecies

fishery since 1994.

Tuesday, October 17, 2000, 9:30

a.m.—Groundfish Advisory Panel

Meeting.

Location: Sheraton Ferncroft, 50

Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923;

telephone: (781) 245-9300

The Groundfish Advisory Panel will

review management measures being

developed for Amendment 13 to the

Northeast Multispecies Plan and will

develop advice on these measures for

the Groundfish Oversight Committee.

This will include a review of the area

management and sector allocation

approaches. In addition, they will

develop suggestions for the exempted

fisheries program, including details for

observer coverage of exempted fisheries.

If time permits, the Advisory Panel may

also develop recommendations on the

rebuilding programs for overfished

stocks, advice on changes to closed

areas and other refinements to the

current management measures.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council (or committee) for

discussion, those issues may not be the

subject of formal Council action during

this meeting. Council 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

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 Paul J. Howard

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to

the meeting dates.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 092500D]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council) AdHoc Allocation Committee will hold a

meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

Monday, October 23, 2000, at 10 a.m.,

and may go into the evening until

business for the day is completed. The

meeting will reconvene at 8 a.m. on

Tuesday, October 24, and will adjourn

at approximately 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Doubletree Hotel - Downtown

Portland, 310 SW Lincoln, Portland, OR;

telephone: (503) 221-0450.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Glock, Fishery Management

Coordinator, telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting is to develop

recommendations for allocations and

other management measures involved in

rebuilding plans for canary rockfish,

cowcod and other overfished species.

The committee will review the current

catch levels of lingcod, bocaccio and

canary rockfish and may propose

inseason adjustments; review proposed

2001 harvest levels for all groundfish

species; review draft rebuilding plans

for canary rockfish and cowcod. The

committee will review management

options for 2001, preliminary impact

analysis and results of stakeholder

meetings; develop recommendations for

2001 management and inseason

management adjustments for 2000; and

will provide direction to Council staff,

Groundfish Management Team,

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, and

other Council entities as needed.

Committee recommendations will be

presented to the Council at its OctoberNovember meeting.

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

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

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

The 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) 326-6352 at least

5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 092500A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a

scientific research permit (1228) and for

modifications to scientific research

permits (1025, 1059); Issuance of a

scientific research/enhancement permit

(1129), and a scientific research permit

(1234).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of endangered or threatened

species for the purposes of scientific

research and/or enhancement: NMFS

has received a permit application from

Peter Weber of Berkeley, CA (WEBER)

(1228); NMFS has received applications