[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18614]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 070298I]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: A joint committee of members of the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council (Council) and Alaska Board of Fisheries (Board) will 
meet in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, July 29-30, 
1998 beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Clarion Suites Hotel, 325 
West 8th Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Council staff, telephone: 907-271-
2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee will receive reports and 
discuss the following issues:
    1. Halibut: Local area management plans for halibut; proposed 
moratorium on entry into the halibut charterboat fishery, and the 
charterboat logbook program.
    2. Groundfish: Status report on State fisheries and recent Council 
and Board action with regard to salmon bycatch in groundfish fisheries, 
improved utilization and retention, fisheries closures, and proposals 
received for changes in regulations.
    3. Habitat: Recent essential fish habitat amendments and regulatory 
actions taken.
    4. Scallops: A change in the overfishing definition and a report on 
the proposed limited entry program.
    5. Crab: A change in definitions of maximum sustainable yield, 
optimum yield, and overfishing, and a progress report on a vessel 
buyback program.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be of 
formal action during this meeting. 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: July 7, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-18614 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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