[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 54171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21312]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081502E]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 
(BS/AI) Groundfish Plan Team meetings.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) GOA 
and BS/AI Groundfish Plan Team will meet in Alaska.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 9-10, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The Groundfish Plan Teams will meet at the Alaska Fishery 
Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. 4, Seattle, WA 98115.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Council Staff: 907-271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Monday, the 9th of September at 1 p.m., 
the Groundfish Plan Teams will meet at the Alaska Fishery Science 
Center. Items to be discussed include, Status of DPSEIS, SSL Protection 
Measures, Ecosystem Chapter, Other Species update, ESA listings. BS/AI 
will review preliminary drafts of Arrowtooth, Eastern Bering Sea 
Pollock and Atka mackerel. GOA will review a preliminary draft of 
pollock hydroacoustic survey results, assessment update.
    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

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Gail Bendixen, 907-271-2809, at least 5 working 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 15, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-21312 Filed 8-20-02; 8:45 am]
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