[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 63078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25712]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 100202A]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Public Workshops

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

ACTION: Notice of workshops.

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SUMMARY: NMFS, Alaska Region, and the U.S. Coast Guard, North Pacific 
Regional Fisheries Training Center, will present workshops on the 2003 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the Alaska groundfish 
fisheries and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) fisheries.

DATES: The workshops will be held November 12 and 14, 2002. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the times.

ADDRESSES: The workshops will be held in Seattle, WA. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for the addresses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshops will include discussion of 
2003 recordkeeping and reporting requirements for IFQ fisheries and 
Alaska groundfish fisheries along with instructions for completion and 
submittal of the required forms and logsheets.
    The workshops are scheduled as follows:
    1. November 12, 2002, 1 p.m., Pacific standard time (P.s.t.), for 
vessels, 3:30 p.m., P.s.t., for shoreside processors at the NOAA 
Western Regional Center, Building 9, Room A/B, 7600 Sandpoint Way, 
N.E., Seattle, WA.
    2. November 14, 2002, 1 p.m to 2:30 p.m., P.s.t., at FISH EXPO, 
Room 303, Washington State Trade and Convention Center, Seattle, WA.
    Tentatively, additional workshops are being considered in Unalaska, 
AK, Kodiak, AK, and Sitka, AK. Suggestions and recommendations on 
scheduling these workshops or on holding workshops at other times and 
places are welcome.

Special Accommodations

    These workshops will be physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Patsy Bearden, 907-586-7008, at 
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 3, 2002.
Virginia M. Fay,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-25712 Filed 10-9-02; 8:45 am]
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