[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15239]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060497D]


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: Two meetings have been scheduled in July to begin preparation 
of an essential fish habitat (EFH) assessment document for the 
fisheries off Alaska, as mandated by the recent amendments to the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

DATES: Technical teams for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf 
of Alaska (GOA) groundfish will meet July 8-9, 1997, in Seattle, WA, 
beginning at 1:00 p.m. on July 8. On July 15-17, 1997, the EFH Core 
Team will meet in Juneau, AK, beginning at 8:00 a.m. on July 15.

ADDRESSES: The groundfish technical teams will meet July 8-9 in 
Seattle, WA, at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point 
Way NE., Building 4, Room 2079.
    The EFH Core Team will meet July 15-17 in Juneau, AK, at the NMFS 
Alaska Regional Office, 709 W. 9th Street, Room 142A-B.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Hartmann, telephone: 907-586-
7585.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. The Groundfish Technical Teams for BSAI and GOA groundfish will 
prepare a preliminary EFH assessment document.
    2. The EFH Core Team will review the preliminary EFH assessment 
document and discuss preparation of EFH amendments for the fishery 
management plans (FMPs) for BSAI and GOA groundfish, BSAI crab, and for 
the FMPs for scallops and salmon.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Cindy Hartmann, 907-586-7585, at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: June 5, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-15239 Filed 6-10-97; 8:45 am]
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