[Federal Register: March 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 52)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XG35
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.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will hold public meetings, April 1-7, 2008, in
Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meetings will be held on April 1, 2008 through April 7,
2008. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W 3rd
Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Witherell, Council staff,
telephone: (907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will begin its plenary session
at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1 continuing through Tuesday April 7, 2008.
The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, March
31 and continue through Friday April 4. The Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 31 and continue
through Wednesday March 2, 2008. The Enforcement Committee will meet
Tuesday, April 2, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Iliamna Room. The
Ecosystem Committee will meet Wednesday, April 2, from 5:30 p.m. to 8
p.m. in the Dillingham/Katmai Room. The Council will meet Tuesday,
April 8, with Alaska Board of Fisheries, and may discuss any of the
items listed in this notice, or other issues involving state/federal
authorities for parallel fisheries or Board proposals with federal
waters relevance. All meetings are open to the public, except executive
sessions.
Council Plenary Session: The agenda for the Council's plenary
session will include the following issues. The Council may take
appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
1. Reports
Executive Director's Report
NMFS Management Report (NMFS Enforcement/NOAA General Counsel)
Alaska Department of Fish & Game Report
U.S. Coast Guard Report
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report
Protected Species Report (including Aleutian Island Pollock EFP
report)
2. Steller Sea lion (SSL) Issues: Review final SSL Recovery Plan; SSL
Mitigation Committee report on proposals and preliminary
recommendations on measures.
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3. BSAI Crab Issues: Report from Crab Committee; Refine problem
statement and elements/options for analysis of 90/10 modifications;
BSAI Crab Arbitrator Immunity discussion paper; Final action on BSAI
Crab Arbitration Regulations; Final action on BSAI ``C'' Share active
participation; Final action on St. George protection measures.
4. Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Issues: Initial review of GOA sideboards
for BSAI Crab vessels.
5. License Limitation Program (LLP) Trawl Recency: Final action to
eliminate latent trawl licenses/area endorsements.
6. Observer Program: Receive Observer Advisory Committee report; Final
action on Observer Program regulation package.
7. Halibut Charter Management: Initial review of Charter Halibut 2C/3A
Catch Sharing Plan analysis; Report on the Charter Halibut Logbook
Program.
8. Bycatch Issues: Preliminary review of BSAI Salmon Bycatch
Environmental Impact Statement; receive scoping report; refine problem
statement/alternatives; Discussion paper on GOA Crab and Salmon
Bycatch.
9. Groundfish Management: Review EFP application for Trawl Salmon
Excluder; Review EFP application for CGOA Rockfish Electronic
Monitoring (Phase II); Initial review of Vessel Monitoring System
Exemption for dinglebar gear; Final action on GOA 'Other Species' ABC/
OFL specifications; Initial review of 4E Seabird Avoidance measures
(T).
10. AFA Issue: Receive action on Amendment 62/62 (single geographic
location) and affirm or repeal. (T)
11. Scallop Management: Review Stock Assessment Fishery Evaluation
report.
12. Ecosystem Based Management: Report from Ecosystem Committee;
preliminary review of Arctic FMP. (Council only)
13. Staff Tasking: Review Committees and tasking.
14. Other Business
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
1. Steller Sea lions
2. GOA Sideboards
3. Halibut Charter
4. Salmon Bycatch
5. Groundfish Management
6. Scallop SAFE
7. Ecosystem Management
8. Crab Model Review
The Advisory Panel will address most of the same agenda issues as
the Council, except for 1 reports. The Agenda is subject to
change, and the latest version will be posted at http://
www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/.
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 at (907) 271-2809 at
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 11, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-5207 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]
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