[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19900-19901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10728]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041698D]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council); Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Council's Vessel Bycatch Accountability (VBA) Committee 
and the newly-established Halibut Bycatch Mortality Avoidance Program 
(HMAP) and Individual Vessel Checklist Program (IVCP) Committees have 
scheduled meetings for May 13-15, 1998, in Seattle, WA.

DATES: The VBA Committee will meet Wednesday, May 13, 1998, between 
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
    The HMAP Committee will meet beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, 
May 14, 1998, with the IVCP Committee beginning later that same day. 
The meeting will conclude at noon on Friday, May 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the Nordby Conference Center, 
Suite A, Fishermen's Terminal, 1711 West Nickerson, Seattle, WA.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The VBA Committee will continue work to 
finalize options for analysis of a

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program for individual vessel bycatch accountability. The HMAP and IVCP 
Committees will hold their initial meetings to discuss tasking and to 
develop workplans.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during these meetings. 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: April 16, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-10728 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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