Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 223 / Friday, November 17, 2000 / Notices 69501

the Council’s 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 Paul

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting dates.

Dated: November 13, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–29486 Filed 11–16–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 111300A]

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 (Council) and its

advisory committees will hold public

meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held

December 4 through 12, 2000, in

Anchorage, Alaska. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 W.

Third Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska.

Council address: North Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 605 W. 4th Ave.,

Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council staff, telephone: 907-271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates, Times and Agendas

Monday, December 4 through Friday,

December 8, 2000, 8 a.m.

The agenda for the Advisory Panel

will mirror that of the Council listed

below, with the exception of the reports

under Item 1, and Item 10,

appointments to committees.

Monday, December 4 through Thursday,

December 7, 2000 8 a.m.

The Scientific and Statistical

Committee (SSC) will address the

following items on the Council agenda:

1. Steller sea lion issues.

2. Halibut Charter Individual Fishing

Quota report.

3. All items under Groundfish

Management in Council agenda Item 8.

Wednesday, December 6 through

Tuesday, December 12, 2000, 8 a.m.

The agenda for the Council’s plenary

session will include the following

issues:

1. Reports:

(a) Executive Director’s Report.

(b) State Fisheries Report by Alaska

Department of Fish and Game.

(c) NMFS Management Report.

(d) Enforcement and Surveillance

reports by NMFS and the Coast Guard.

(e) U.S. Fish and Wildlife report on

sea otters.

(f) International Pacific Halibut

Commission report on halibut quotas

and discard mortality rates.

2. Halibut Subsistence. Review action

taken in October, particularly the

inclusion of Adak, Alaska in the list of

eligible communities.

3. Crab Rationalization. Discuss

possible alternatives and provide

direction to staff for further

development.

4. Essential Fish Habitat/Habitat

Areas of Particular Concern. Status

report and discussion of the stakeholder

process.

5. Halibut Charter IFQ Program.

Review corrected data and receive

progress report on analysis.

6. Steller Sea Lion Issues. Review

biological opinion and associated Steller

sea lion protective measures and take

action as appropriate.

7. American Fisheries Act:

(a) Review preliminary cooperative

performance report.

(b) Industry report on Pacific cod

sideboard issues.

8. Groundfish Management:

(a) Review Bering Sea/Aleutian

Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA)

Stock Assessment and Fishery

Evaluation Reports for the 2001

groundfish fisheries.

(b) Provide recommendations for

catch and bycatch specifications for the

2001 BSAI and GOA groundfish

fisheries.

(c) Discuss BSAI Pacific cod pot gear

suballocations; develop problem

statement and provide direction to staff

for analysis.

9. Staff Tasking:

(a) Industry and staff reports on

potential salmon bycatch measures.

(b) Discussion and direction for

Report to Congress on the effects of the

American Fisheries Act.

(c) Review overall project tasking and

provide direction to staff.

(d) Announcement of appointments to

the Advisory Panel and SSC for 2001.

Sunday, December 10, 2000, 12 p.m.--

Executive Session (This session is not

open to the public.)

Other committees and workgroups

may hold impromptu meetings

throughout the meeting week. Such

meetings will be announced during

regularly scheduled meetings of the

Council, Advisory Panel, and SSC, and

will be posted at the hotel.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council 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 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 MagnusonStevens 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 Helen Allen at

907-271-2809 at least 5 days prior to the

meeting dates.

Dated: November 13, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Hong

Kong

November 13, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade