[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 60411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26083]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 100400B]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Catch-
Monitoring Standards Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

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SUMMARY: NMFS will present a workshop on proposed catch-monitoring 
standards for shoreside processors that take deliveries of pollock from 
the Bering Sea.

DATES: The workshop will be held on Thursday, November 16, 2000, from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Nordby Center, located in 
Fishermen's Terminal, 1711 West Nickerson Street, Seattle, WA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Kinsolving, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is developing a proposed rule to 
implement the American Fisheries Act (AFA). One aspect of this 
rulemaking is the development of catch monitoring standards for inshore 
processors that receive deliveries of pollock harvested in the directed 
fishery for pollock in Bering Sea. As currently envisioned by NMFS, 
these standards would require that the AFA shoreside processors develop 
and implement a Catch Monitoring and Control Plan (Plan). The Plan 
would address performance standards designed to ensure that all catch 
delivered to the processor is accurately weighed and accounted for.
    NMFS is conducting the November 16, 2000, workshop for interested 
industry members to provide guidance on the development and 
implementation of these performance standards.

Special Accommodations

    This workshop is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Alan Kinsolving at 907-586-7228 at least 7 
working days prior to the workshop.

    Dated: October 5, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries. National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-26083 Filed 10-10-00; 8:45 am]
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