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Panel will develop its recommendations

on the alternatives for further

consideration by the Groundfish

Oversight Committee. They will review

the biological objectives for the

amendment and will comment on those

objectives. The Advisory Panel will

develop recommendations for an

observer program for the multispecies

fishery, including funding sources. They

will also identify issues that it believes

may need further attention by the

Committee, and may develop suggested

alternatives to the management

measures under development.

Friday, February 23, 2001, 10:00

a.m.—Social Sciences Advisory

Committee Meeting

Location: Council Office, 50 Water

Street, Newburyport, MA 01950;

telephone: (978) 465-0492.

The Committee will review

information collected from public

meetings about the social and

community impacts of Amendment 5,

Amendment 7 and subsequent

framework adjustments to the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

(Multispecies FMP). The Committee

also will review economic information

developed by the Council staff about the

impacts of these measures. The

information about the social, economic,

and community impacts will be used in

the development of Amendment 13 to

the Multispecies FMP. The Committee

also will discuss the organization of

workshops for improving social and

economic analyses.

Tuesday, February 27, 2001, at 9:30

a.m. and Wednesday, February 28,

2001, at 8:30 a.m.—Groundfish

Oversight Committee Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street, Route 1, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 535-4600.

The Groundfish Oversight Committee

Panel will review the proposed

management alternatives for

Amendment 13 to the Northeast

Multispecies Plan. These alternatives

have been developed by the Groundfish

Plan Development Team and the

Groundfish Oversight Committee during

the past year. The Committee will

finalize its recommendation on

management alternatives that will be

presented to the Council for

consideration at the March Council

meeting. The Committee will identify

issues that it believes may need further

attention by the Plan Development

Team, and may develop additional

alternatives to the management

measures under development. The

Committee may discuss all elements of

the alternatives, including the biological

objectives. The Committee will also

receive a report on the social impacts of

management measures that have

adopted since 1994, based on

information collected by the Council

staff in late 2000. Staff will also present

an analysis of groundfish fishing vessel

gross revenues since 1994. This

information will be used by the

Committee in choosing and evaluating

management alternatives.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council 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: February 2, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 020101C]

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 (Council) and its

advisory entities will hold public

meetings.

DATES: The Council and its advisory

entities will meet March 5-9, 2001. The

Council meeting will begin on Tuesday,

March 6, at 8 a.m., reconvening each

day through Friday. The Council will

meet as late as necessary each day to

complete its scheduled business.

ADDRESSES: The meetings hearing will

be held at the Double Tree Hotel -

Columbia River, 1401 N Hayden Island

Drive, Portland, OR 97217; telephone:

(503) 283-2111.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Donald O. McIsaac, Executive Director;

telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All

meetings are open to the public, except

a closed session will be held from 8 a.m.

until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 7

to address litigation and personnel

matters. The following items are on the

Council agenda, but not necessarily in

this order:

A. Call to Order

1. Opening Remarks, Introductions

2. Roll Call

3. Executive Director’s Report

4. Approve Agenda

5. Approve September and November

Meeting Minutes

B. Salmon Management

1. Report on Federal Regulation

Implementation

2. Review of 2000 Fisheries and

Summary of 2001 Stock Abundance

Estimates

3. Inseason Management

Recommendations for Openings Prior to

May 1 off Oregon

4. Identification of Management

Objectives and Preliminary Definition of

2001 Options

5. Progress Report on the Queets Coho

Overfishing Status Review

6. Update on Snake River Spring

Chinook Salmon Recovery

7. Council Recommendations for 2001

Management Option Analysis

8. Appointment of Officers for March

Salmon Hearings

9. Adoption of 2001 Management

Options for Public Review

C. Habitat Issues

Ongoing and New Habitat Issues

D. Groundfish Management

1. Status of NMFS Research Programs

and Other Nonregulatory Activities

2. Exempted Fishing Permit

Applications

3. Future Groundfish Management

Process and Schedule

4. Implementation of the Groundfish

Strategic Plan

5. Groundfish Informational Reports

E. Highly Migratory Species

Management

1. International Highly Migratory

Species (HMS) Discussions and Actions

2. First Draft of the HMS Fishery

Management Plan

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F. Pacific Halibut Management

1. Halibut Informational Reports

2. Proposed 2001 Incidental Catch

Regulations for the Troll Salmon

Fishery

G. Administrative and Other Matters

1. Status of Legislation

2. Appointments of Remaining

Vacancies to Advisory Bodies for 2001

Through 2003

3. April 2001 Council Meeting

Agenda

4. Council Staff Workload Priorities

SCHEDULE OF ANCILLARY MEETINGS

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2001

Council Secretariat 7 a.m. Wallowa Room

Scientific and Statistical 8 a.m. Deschutes Room

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. Umatilla Room

Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m. Tualatin Room

Tribal Policy Group 8 a.m. Wilson Room

Tribal/Washington Technical 8 a.m. Santiam Room

Habitat Steering Group 9 a.m. Yakima Room

Strategic Plan Oversight 10 a.m. Nestucca Room

Enforcement Consultants 2 p.m. Umpqua Room

Klamath Fishery Management As Needed Rogue Room

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001

Council Secretariat 7 a.m. Wallowa Room

California State Delegation 7 a.m. Umatilla Room

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. Deschutes Room

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. Yakima Room

Scientific and Statistical 8 a.m. Deschutes Room

Tribal Policy Group 8 a.m. Wilson Room

Tribal/Washington Technical 8 a.m. Santiam Room

Highly Migratory Species 10:30 a.m. Nehalem Room

Enforcement Consultants 5:30 p.m. Umpqua Room

Klamath Fishery Management As Needed Rogue Room

Salmon Advisory Subpanel As Needed. Umatilla Room

Salmon Technical Team As Needed. Tualatin Room

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2001

Council Secretariat 7 a.m. Wallowa Room

California State Delegation 7 a.m. Umatilla Room

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. Deschutes Room

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. Yakima Room

Highly Migratory Species 8 a.m. Nehalem Room

Tribal Policy Group 8 a.m. Wilson Room

Tribal/Washington Technical 8 a.m. Santiam Room

Enforcement Consultants As Needed Umpqua Room

Klamath Fishery Management As Needed Rogue Room

Salmon Technical Team As Needed. Tualatin Room

Salmon Advisory Subpanel As Needed. Umatilla Room

THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2001

Council Secretariat 7 a.m. Wallowa Room

California State Delegation 7 a.m. Umatilla Room

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. Deschutes Room

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. Yakima Room

Tribal Policy Group 8 a.m. Wilson Room

Tribal/Washington Technical 8 a.m. Santiam Room

Enforcement Consultants As Needed Umpqua Room

Klamath Fishery Management As Needed Rogue Room

Salmon Technical Team As Needed. Tualatin Room

Salmon Advisory Subpanel As Needed. Umatilla Room

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2001

Council Secretariat 7 a.m. Wallowa Room

California State Delegation 7 a.m. Umatilla Room

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. Deschutes Room

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. Yakima Room

Tribal Policy Group 8 a.m. Wilson Room

Tribal/Washington Technical 8 a.m. Santiam Room

Salmon Technical Team As Needed. Tualatin Room

Salmon Advisory Subpanel As Needed. Umatilla Room

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council 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

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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

These meetings are 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.

February 2, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 020201B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application to modify

permits (1254); issuance of permits

(1268, 1209, 1251).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of endangered and threatened

species for the purposes of scientific

research and/or enhancement: NMFS

has received an application for permit

modification from Mr. Martin Daley,

Dynegy Northeast Generation (Dynegy)

(1254); NMFS has issued permit 1268 to

Mr. James Anderson, of National

Aquarium in Baltimore (NAB) (1268);

NMFS has issued permit 1251 to Mr.

Steven Fields, of Magnolia Springs State

Park - GADNR (GADNR) (1251), NMFS

has issued permit 1209 to Mr. Ken

Alfieri, of Cypress Gardens (CG) (1209).

DATES: Comments or requests for a

public hearing on any of the new

applications or modification requests

must be received at the appropriate

address or fax number no later than 5

p.m. eastern standard time on March 12,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on any of

the new applications or modification

requests should be sent to the

appropriate office as indicated below.

Comments may also be sent via fax to

the number indicated for the application

or modification request. Comments will

not be accepted if submitted via e-mail

or the Internet. The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the indicated office, by

appointment:

For permits 1254, 1209, 1251, 1268:

Office of Protected Resources,

Endangered Species Division, F/PR3,

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (ph: 301-713-1401, fax: 301-

713-0376).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terri Jordan, Silver Spring, MD (phone:

301-713-1401, fax: 301-713-0376, e-mail:

Terri.Jordan@noaa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

Issuance of permits and permit

modifications, as required by the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531-1543) (ESA), is based on a

finding that such permits/modifications:

(1) are applied for in good faith; (2)

would not operate to the disadvantage

of the listed species which are the

subject of the permits; and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA. Authority to take listed species is

subject to conditions set forth in the

permits. Permits and modifications are

issued in accordance with and are

subject to the ESA and NMFS

regulations governing listed fish and

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222-226).

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on an application listed in this

notice should set out the specific

reasons why a hearing on that

application would be appropriate (see

ADDRESSES). The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in the permit action

summaries are those of the applicant

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Species Covered in This Notice

The following species is covered in

this notice:

Fish

Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser

brevirostrum)

Modification Requests Received

Permit 1254: The applicant currently

possesses a scientific research permit to

conduct a monitoring study as part of an

incidental take permit for the operation

of the Roseton and Danskammer Point

power plants. The applicant will be

collecting larvae, juvenile and adult

shortnose sturgeon in various location

in the Hudson River between the

estuary and River mile 65. On January

30, 2001, NMFS was notified that

Dynegy had purchased the two power

plants from Hudson Central Gas and

Electric Company(HCGE) and current

co-permittee on permit 1254, and

requesting that HCGE be removed from

the permit as a holder.

Permits Issued

Permit 1209

Notice was published on March 25,

1999 (64 FR 14432) that Mr. Ken Alfieri,

of Cypress Gardens applied for an

enhancement permit (1209). The

aquarium proposes to maintain a

population of up to eight (8) juvenile

shortnose sturgeon in a captive

environment for educational purposes.

The sturgeon will be captive sturgeon

received from the USFWS Bear’s Bluff

hatchery and have been classified as

‘‘non-releasable’’ by NMFS. In addition

the fish will be placed on display,

incidental to the research, for public

education purposes. Permit 1209 was

issued on January 26, 2001, authorizing

take of listed species. Permit 1209

expires January 31, 2006.

Permit 1251

Notice was published on October 30,

2000 (65 FR 64685) that Mr. Steven

Fields, of Magnolia Springs State Park -

GADNR, applied for an enhancement

permit (1251). The applicant requests an

enhancement permit to maintain two

five-year old shortnose sturgeon in

captivity for educational purposes. The

applicant currently possesses two adult

shortnose sturgeon received from the US

Fish and Wildlife Service hatchery at

Bears Bluff, South Carolina in February

1997 under scientific research permit

ι986. Permit ι986 expired on December

31, 2000 and the permit holder did not

renew the enhancement aspects of

permit 986. Permit 1251 was issued on

January 26, 2001, authorizing take of

listed species. Permit 1251 expires

January 31, 2006.

Permit 1268

Notice was published on November 2,

2000 (65 FR 65840) that Mr. James

Anderson, of National Aquarium in

Baltimore applied for an enhancement

permit (1268). The applicant requested

a five year permit to continue to

maintain one (1) adult shortnose

sturgeon in captivity for enhancement

purposes. The applicant currently

possesses an adult shortnose sturgeon

received from the US Fish and Wildlife

Service hatchery at Bears Bluff, South

Carolina in February 1997 under

scientific research permit 986. Permit

986 expired on December 31, 2000 and