[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 28154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12874]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051601E]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory committees will hold public meetings June 4-11, 2001, in 
Kodiak, AK.

DATES: The Council's Advisory Panel will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, June 
4, and continue through Friday, June 8, 2001. The Scientific and 
Statistical Committee will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 4, and 
continue through Wednesday, June 6.
    The Council will begin their plenary session at 8 a.m. on 
Wednesday, June 6, continuing through Monday, June 11, 2001. All 
meetings are open to the public except executive sessions which may be 
held during the week at which the Council may discuss personnel issues 
and/or current litigation.

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Panel will meet at the Kodiak Elks Lodge, 102 
Marine Way, Kodiak, AK.
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet at the 
Fishermen's Hall, 503 Marine Way, Kodiak, AK.
    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will meet at the Best 
Western Kodiak Inn, 236 Rezanof West, Kodiak, 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:

Council: The agenda for the Council's plenary session will include the 
following issues. The Council may take appropriate action on any of the 
issues identified.

    1. Reports:
    (a) Executive Director's Report.
    (b) State Fisheries Report by Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game.
    (c) NMFS Management Report, including updates on halibut 
subsistence regulations, retention of demersal shelf rockfish, inshore/
offshore regulations, and the salmon overfishing definition. (The 
Council may consider action or direction to staff on any of these 
subjects if necessary.)
    (d) Enforcement and Surveillance reports by NMFS and the U.S. Coast 
Guard.
    (e) Alaska Board of Fisheries Report on halibut local area 
management plans and halibut subsistence issues; direction to staff if 
required.
    2. Steller sea lion (SSL) measures:
    (a) Status reports on research funding, independent scientific 
review, and report from the Council committees on Reasonable and 
Prudent Alternatives.
    (b) Finalize alternatives for analysis for 2002 fisheries 
management measures to mitigate fisheries impacts on Steller sea lions.
    3. Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands crab rationalization: Review 
discussion paper on alternatives for analysis and provide direction to 
staff.
    4. Essential Fish Habitat: Report on progress on public scoping 
meetings.
    5. American Fisheries Act:
    (a) Final action on a cooperative leasing proposal.
    (b) Review and provide direction to staff on report to Congress.
    (c) Provide comments on extension of emergency rule for 2001.
    (d) Review industry proposal on bycatch measures.
    6. Groundfish Programmatic Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (SEIS): Review and comment to NMFS.
    7. Community Purchase of Individual Fishing Quotas: Review 
discussion paper and industry proposal; provide direction to staff.
    8. Community Development Quotas (CDQ): Receive report from CDQ 
Policy committee; provide direction to staff.
    9. Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Rationalization: Review committee 
report; provide direction to staff.
    10. Report on meeting of Regional Fishery Management Council 
chairmen and on reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Management and Conservation Act.
    11. Staff Tasking: Review current staff tasking and projects to be 
tasked; provide direction to staff.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the 
agenda listed in this notice.

Advisory Meetings

    Advisory Panel: The agenda for the Advisory Panel will mirror that 
of the Council listed above, with the exception of the reports under 
Item 1, and the reports under Item 10.
    Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC): The Scientific and 
Statistical Committee will address the following issues:
    1. Steller sea lion measures listed under item 2 of the Council 
agenda noted above.
    2. Bering Sea/Aleutian Island crab rationalization issues (item 3 
on the Council agenda).
    3. Essential Fish Habitat Issues (item 4 on the Council agenda).
    4. American Fisheries Act Issues (item 5 on the Council agenda).
    5. Groundfish Programmatic SEIS (item 6 on the Council agenda).

Other Committee and Workshop Meetings

    Ecosystem Committee: The Council's Ecosystem Committee will meet 
Tuesday evening, June 5, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Kodiak Inn. The 
Committee will discuss the Groundfish Programmatic SEIS and prepare 
comments for Council consideration.
    Finance Committee: The Council's Finance Committee is tentatively 
scheduled to meet during the noon hour on Sunday, June 10, to discuss 
budget issues.
    Other committees and workgroups may hold impromptu meetings 
throughout the meeting week. Such meetings will be announced during 
regularly scheduled meetings of the Council, Advisory Panel, and SSC, 
and will be posted at the hotel.

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 at 907-271-2809 at 
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: May 17, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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