Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 83 /Thursday, April 30, 1998 / Notices 23735

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn Philadelphia

International Airport, 45 Industrial

Highway, Essington, PA; telephone:

610–521–2400.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher Moore, Ph.D., Acting

Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council;

telephone: 302–674–2331, ext. 16.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to discuss

and recommend qualifying criteria for

limited access permits, adopt the

definition of overfishing, discuss and

adopt a stock rebuilding strategy, and

discuss and adopt draft management

measures for the dogfish public hearing

document.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Committee 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 meeting.

Action will be restricted to those issues

specifically identified in the agenda

listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: April 22, 1998.

George H. Darcy,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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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 Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council) Coastal

Pelagic Species Plan Development Team

(CPSPDT) and Coastal Pelagic Species

Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) will hold

public meetings.

DATES: The CPSPDT meeting will be

held on Thursday, May 14, 1998, in La

Jolla, CA, at 10:00 a.m. and may go into

the evening until business for the day is

completed. The CPSAS meeting will be

held on Wednesday, May 20, 1998, in

Long Beach, CA, at 10:00 a.m. and may

go into the evening until business for

the day is completed. Persons wishing

to attend these meetings should see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting in La Jolla will

be held at NMFS Southwest Fisheries

Science Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores

Drive, Room C–127, La Jolla, CA. The

meeting in Long Beach will be held at

NMFS Southwest Regional Office, 501

W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long

Beach, CA.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Doyle Hanan, telephone: (619) 546–

7170; or Dr. Larry Jacobson, telephone:

(619) 546–7117.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of the CPSPDT meeting

is to continue revisions to the draft

fishery management plan amendment

and to prepare a draft amendment

package for presentation to the Council

at its June meeting. The primary

purpose of the CPSAS meeting is to

review documents developed by the

CPSPDT.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda, may come before these

groups for discussion, according to the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal action during these meetings.

Action will be restricted to those issues

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Mr. Larry Six at

(503) 326–6352 at least 5 days prior to

the meeting date.

Dated: April 23, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Mr. Michael deGruy, The Film Crew,

629 State Street, Suite 222, Santa

Barbara, California 93101, has been

issued an amendment to photography

Permit No. 860–1374.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room

13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/

713–2289); and

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213

(562/980–4001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

September 3, 1997, notice was

published in the Federal Register (63

FR 11423) that an amendment of Permit

No. 860–1374, issued on October 15,

1997 (62 FR 54836), had been requested

by the above-named individual. The

requested amendment has been granted

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.)and the

provisions of § 216.39 of the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (CFR part 216).

Permit No. 860–1374 authorizes the

permit holder to take by Level B

harassment gray whales (Eschrichtius

robustus) and northern elephant seals

(Mirounga angustirostris) in California

waters for purposes of commercial

photography. The Permit has been

amended to include 50 California sea

lions (Zalophus californianus).

Dated: April 24, 1998.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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