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[FR Doc No: 94-28329]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 110494D]

 

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 hold meetings the week of December 4, 1994, at the 
Hilton Hotel, 500 W. 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, AK. All meetings are open 
to the public with the exception of a meeting of the Nominating 
Committee and an executive session to be held during the lunch hour one 
day during the meeting week. All meetings will be held at the hotel and 
are scheduled as follows:
    The Council Advisory Panel meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m., on 
December 4, and the Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet, 
beginning at 10:30 a.m., on December 5.
    The Council meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m., on December 7. Each 
meeting will continue until business is completed. There may be other 
workgroup and/or committee meetings held during the week. Notice of 
meetings will be posted. Time permitting, the Council will address, and 
may take appropriate action on, the following agenda items:
    1. Reports from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and NMFS on 
the current status of fisheries and regulations; reports from NMFS and 
the U.S. Coast Guard on fisheries enforcement activities;
    2. Appointments to the Council's Advisory Panel and Scientific and 
Statistical Committee for 1995;
    3. Comments on a proposed rule for the revised moratorium;
    4. Review of additional analyses for the Council's license 
limitation program for groundfish and crab; identification of elements 
and alternatives of most interest and approval of documents for public 
review;
    5. Receipt of committee reports on full utilization and harvest 
priority programs, and consideration of the next steps in addressing 
the waste and discard issue;
    6. Review of potential scope of analysis for extension of inshore-
offshore allocations and pollock community development quota program, 
and further direction to staff;
    7. 1995 Final Groundfish Specifications: Review and approve final 
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation reports for the Gulf of Alaska 
and Bering Sea/Aleutian Island groundfish fisheries and set final 1995 
groundfish specifications, bycatch rates, Vessel Incentive Program 
rates, and discard mortality rates for halibut in the groundfish 
fisheries;
    8. Review of proposed rule for scallop fishery management plans 
(FMPs), including the issue of management jurisdiction over vessels not 
registered with the State of Alaska;
    9. Review of actions to protect red king crab in Bristol Bay, 
including a report on opilio bycatch and consider next steps, and
    10. Review of proposals for amendments to groundfish FMPs; give 
staff further direction.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 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 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 9, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service
[FR Doc. 94-28329 Filed 11-16-94; 8:45 am]
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