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                                                    VOL. 59, NO. 55

                                            Tuesday, March 22, 1994
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031594B]

 

North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Meeting

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 one 
of its advisory bodies will hold meetings the week of April 18, 1994, 
at the Hilton Hotel, 3rd Avenue and E Street, Anchorage, AK. The 
Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee and Advisory Panel will 
begin a meeting at 8 a.m. on April 18. The Council meeting will begin 
at 8 a.m. on April 19 and continue through the week until the agenda is 
completed. All meetings will be held at the Hilton Hotel and are open 
to the public, with the exception of an Executive Session of the 
Council scheduled for noon on April 20, to receive reports on ongoing 
litigation.
    The Council will discuss and may take appropriate action on the 
following topics:
    (1) Status reports from NMFS, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 
U.S. Coast Guard and NMFS Enforcement;
    (2) Continue work on a comprehensive rationalization program for 
the groundfish and crab fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone off 
Alaska;
    (3) Review and consider approval of a final fishery management plan 
for scallops off Alaska;
    (4) Review provisions of the final rule implementing the Sablefish 
and Halibut Individual Fishing Quota program and receive a progress 
report on implementation;
    (5) Receive a report and consider next steps for management of the 
halibut charter fishery off Alaska;
    (6) Review a request for experimental fishing permit for Terra 
Marine Research, if available;
    (7) Report on a State-Federal salmon lawsuit and subsistence 
fisheries management;
    (8) Receive a report on activities of Board/Council Crab 
Consultation Group and the Alaska Board of Fisheries concerning crab 
management;
    (9) Review and consider final approval of proposed trawl closures 
around the Pribilof Islands;
    (10) Report on bycatch of C.opilio crab in other fisheries;
    (11) Report on implementation of salmon bycatch measures previously 
approved; receive progress report from Salmon Foundation.
    (12) Review halibut bycatch rates for 1993 and early 1994 and 
determine whether further action is necessary;
    (13) Consider final approval of directed fishing standards 
applicable to all groundfish fisheries off Alaska;
    (14) Consider extension of an emergency rule for Gulf of Alaska 
halibut prohibited species catch apportionment to the trawl fishery;
    (15) Discuss further analysis of possible mesh size regulations;
    (16) Receive a discussion paper from NMFS on electronic 
communications in the fishing industry;
    (17) Consider the request of Western Pacific Council for multi-
council cooperation in management of Pacific pelagic fisheries.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings are physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other auxiliary aids should be directed to Judy Willoughby, (907) 271-
2809, at least 10 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 16, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-6610 Filed 3-21-94; 8:45 am]
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