[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 67 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 18074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8397]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 032800D]


Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Area and 
the Gulf of Alaska

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

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is publishing a report summarizing the results of the 
scoping process used to initiate a programmatic supplemental 
environmental impact statement (SEIS) on Federal groundfish fishery 
management in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska. The Scoping 
Report summarizes the scoping process, identifies issues raised during 
scoping, and describes the SEIS structure and content including 
alternatives for analysis that resulted from scoping.

DATES: Comments on the Scoping Report may be submitted until May 1, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Scoping Report may be obtained from Steven K. 
Davis, phone or e-mail: 907-271-3523, or from [email protected] 
or write to: NMFS, 222 West 7th Street, Room 517, Anchorage, 
AK 99508, or Carol Tocco, phone or e-mail: 907-586-7032 or 
[email protected] or write to: NMFS, Alaska Region, 709 West 
9th Street, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802. The Scoping 
Report also is available on the NMFS, Alaska Region's World Wide Web 
site at www.fakr.noaa.gov.
    Written comments on the scoping summary report should be submitted 
to Lori Gravel, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, P.O. 
Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802. Comments also may be hand delivered to 
Room 443-5, in the Federal Office Building, 907 West 9th 
Street, Juneau, AK, or sent via facsimile (fax) to 907-586-7255. 
Comments will not be accepted if submitted via e-mail or Internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven K. Davis, NMFS, 907-271-3523 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    (1) Alternative 1 (no action), continue with existing management 
policy;
    (2) Alternative 2, adopt a new management policy framework that 
emphasizes increased protection for marine mammals and seabirds;
    (3) Alternative 3, adopt a new management policy framework that 
emphasizes increased protection for target groundfish species;
    (4) Alternative 4, adopt a new management policy framework that 
emphasizes increased protection for non-target and forage fish species;
    (5) Alternative 5, adopt a new management policy framework that 
emphasizes increased protection for fish habitat; and
    (6) Alternative 6, adopt a new management policy framework that 
emphasizes an increase in long-term socioeconomic benefits.

    Dated: March 31, 2000.
Bruce Morehead,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 00-8397 Filed 3-31-00; 4:37 pm]
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