[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 3 (Thursday, January 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-208]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 122700D]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Teleconference

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

ACTION: Notice of plan team teleconference.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) 
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Plan Team will hold a 
teleconference.

DATES: The teleconference will begin at 1 p.m., Alaska Time, on 
Thursday, January 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be held at the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, 605 W. 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-
2252.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Plan Team will review bycatch amounts of 
C. opilio taken inside and outside the C. opilio Bycatch Limitation 
Zone (COBLZ) and prepare recommendations for the Council regarding 
overall bycatch limits, as well as accounting for crabs taken outside 
the COBLZ, and whether or not they should accrue toward the bycatch 
limit that triggers closure of the COBLZ.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

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: December 28, 2000.
Valerie Chambers,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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