[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28087-28088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13090]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051195B]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory bodies will meet during the month of June 1995, according to 
the schedule published below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: North Pacific Fishery Management 
Council, P.O. Box 103136, Anchorage, AK 99510; telephone: (907) 271-
2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)

    The SSC will meet on June 8-9, 1995, at the Holiday Inn, 239 W. 4th 
Avenue, in the Ketchikan Room, Anchorage, AK. The meeting will begin at 
8 a.m., and will end at approximately 5 p.m., each day. Its agenda is 
as follows:
    1. Review revised analysis for extension of the inshore/offshore 
allocations and pollock community development quotas;
    2. Review revised analysis for the license limitation program for 
the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish and crab 
fisheries;
    3. Review of proposed observer specifications for 1996;
    4. Review of Scallop Fishery Management Plan and proposed 
amendments;
    5. Review halibut discard mortality rates used for Prohibited 
Species Cap attainment;
    6. Review of trawl closure areas in Bristol Bay to reduce red king 
crab bycatch; and
    7. Review electronic reporting requirements for fishing vessels/
processors.

Advisory Panel (AP)

    The AP will meet on June 11-15, 1995, at the Grand Aleutian Hotel 
in Dutch Harbor, AK. The AP meeting will begin at 8 a.m., and will end 
at approximately 5 p.m, each day. The agenda will be the same as that 
for the Council (see following section).

North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council)

    The Council will meet on June 13-18, 1995, at the Grand Aleutian 
Hotel in Dutch Harbor, AK. The meeting will begin at 8 a.m., and will 
end at approximately 5 p.m., each day. There may be other workgroup 
and/or committee meetings held during the week. Notice of meetings will 
be posted. The Council will address, and may take appropriate action 
on, the following agenda items, time permitting:
    1. Reports from NMFS on current status of fisheries and 
regulations, from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on domestic 
fisheries, and from NMFS and the U.S. Coast Guard on enforcement and 
surveillance activities;
    2. Consider final action on groundfish and crab license 
alternatives for the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 
groundfish and crab fisheries;
    3. Consider final action on the continuation of inshore/offshore 
allocations and the pollock community development quota program;
    4. Review proposed observer specifications for 1996, prioritize 
observer deployments, discuss potential use of supplemental and 
voluntary observer programs, and receive a report from the Observer 
Oversight Committee;
    5. Status report on the Sablefish and Halibut Individual Fishery 
Quota Program and review several proposed amendments;
    6. Receive a progress report on the Scallop Fishery Management Plan 
and take action on an amendment for scallop management measures not now 
included in the plan;
    7. Review halibut discard mortality rates specified for 
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    8. Review trawl closure areas in Bristol Bay to reduce red king 
crab bycatch; and
    9. Take final action on electronic reporting requirements for 
fishing vessels/processors.

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, telephone: (907) 271-
2809, at least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: May 23, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-13090 Filed 5-26-95; 8:45 am]
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