[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65889-65890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00386]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111703J]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Notice of Public 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Meetings of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Fur 
Sea Committee.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Fur 
Seal Committee will meet December 11, 2003 at the Anchorage Hilton 
Hotel.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled December 11, 2003 at 6:30 p.m. King 
Salmon Room.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W3rd 
Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Wilson, Council staff, Phone: 
907-271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Agenda

    (1) Review Committee's Charge.
    (2) Committee's working protocol.
    (3) NMFS approach and schedule for the draft Environmental Impact 
Statement on renewing Fur Seal Subsistence Harvest Regulations.
    (4) Presentation of Data on Status of the Bering Sea Fur Seal 
population.
    (5) Presentation on groundfish fishery harvest in the Bering Sea 
Aleutian Islands relative to fur seal foraging areas.
    (6) Other items as necessary.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this Committee for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Committee action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice 
and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require 
emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the Committee'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 Gail Bendixen at 907-271-2809 at 
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 18, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E3-00386 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]
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