[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55785-55786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28443]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102097B]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.


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ACTION: Notice of advisory group meetings scheduled in November, 1997.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) 
Vessel Bycatch Accountability (VBA) Committee and Gulf of Alaska and 
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish plan teams will hold meetings in 
November in Seattle, WA.

DATES: The VBA Committee will meet Friday, November 14, 1997, beginning 
at 8:00 a.m.
    The groundfish plan teams will meet November 17-21, 1997, beginning 
at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, November 17.

ADDRESSES: VBA Committee: Nordby Conference Center, Suite A, 
Fishermen's Terminal, 1711 W. Nickerson, Seattle, WA.
    Plan teams: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way 
NE., Building 4, Room 2079, Seattle, WA.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Witherell, telephone: 907-271-
2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. The VBA Committee will further define options of a vessel 
bycatch accountability program, with emphasis on initial and annual 
allocations.
    2. The groundfish plan teams will review any new stock assessment 
information and catch statistics, prepare final stock assessment 
documents for the 1998 groundfish fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska and 
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, and prepare recommendations for acceptable 
biological catches for individual species. The teams will also discuss 
streamlining the process of setting annual total allowable catches and 
review research needs and priorities.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Committee or Plan Teams for discussion, in accordance with the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during the meetings. Committee 
or Plan Team action will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Helen Allen, 907-271-2809, at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 21, 1997.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-28443 Filed 10-27-97; 8:45 am]
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