Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 26, 2008 / Notices 50311 

Room 7311, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910. 

Additional Information and Public 

Comments 

Any member of the public wishing 

further information concerning the 

meeting or who wishes to submit oral or 

written comments should contact Kay 

Weston, Designated Federal Officer for 

ACCRES, NOAA/NESDIS International 

and Interagency Affairs Office, 1335 

East-West Highway, Room 7311, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. Copies of the 

draft meeting agenda can be obtained 

from Alan Robinson at (301) 713–2024 

ext. 213, fax (301) 713–2032, or e-mail 

Alan.Robinson@noaa.gov. 

The ACCRES expects that public 

statements presented at its meetings will 

not be repetitive of previouslysubmitted oral or written statements. In 

general, each individual or group 

making an oral presentation may be 

limited to a total time of five minutes. 

Written comments (please provide at 

least 13 copies) received in the NOAA/ 

NESDIS International and Interagency 

Affairs Office on or before September 

29, 2008, will be provided to Committee 

members in advance of the meeting. 

Comments received too close to the 

meeting date will normally be provided 

to Committee members at the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay 

Weston, NOAA/NESDIS International 

and Interagency Affairs, 1335 East West 

Highway, Room 7313, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910; telephone (301) 713–

2024 x205, fax (301) 713–2032, e-mail 

Kay.Weston@noaa.gov, Alan Robinson 

at (301) 713–2024 ext. 213, fax (301) 

713–2032, or e-mail 

Alan.Robinson@noaa.gov. 

Mary E. Kicza, 

Assistant Administrator for Satellite and 

Information Services. 

[FR Doc. E8–19738 Filed 8–25–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–HR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XJ98 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an Aleutian Island 

Ecosystem Team Workshop. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Team will 

meet in Seattle, WA. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

September 9–10, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Alaska Fishery Science Center, 7600 

Sand Point Way, NE, Building 4, 

National Marine Mammal Laboratory 

Conference Room, Room 2039, Seattle, 

WA. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Evans, North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (907) 

271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agenda will include the following 

discussions: Review new information on 

the Aleutian Island ecosystem; review 

and re-evaluate Fishery Ecosystem Plan 

(FEP) indicators; develop ecosystem 

policy metrics for Council review; and 

address how to incorporate social 

science and human dimensions in the 

FEP. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group 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 

action during these meetings. Actions 

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 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 Gail Bendixen, 

(907) 271–2809, at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: August 21, 2008. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19787 Filed 8–25–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XJ99 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) Joint 

Protocol Committee of the Alaska Board 

of Fisheries and Council will meet in 

Anchorage, AK. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 12, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 12 

noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 W 3rd 

Avenue, Dillingham Room, Anchorage, 

AK. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Council staff, telephone: (907) 271–

2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting agenda: Annual catch limits 

(ABC/TAC) and possible revisions to 

scallop and crab management; salmon 

bycatch amendments; subsistence 

halibut program bycatch retention; Gulf 

of Alaska (GOA) issues including the 

Pacific cod sector split, fixed gear LLP 

recency, and state/federal options for 

Pacific cod jig gear fisheries; parallel 

waters licensing and catch accounting 

issues; State report on state/federal data 

collection differences on octopus; and 

Board of Fisheries agenda change 

requests. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group 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 

action during this meeting. Actions 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 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of 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 


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