[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67539-67540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25644]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111204B]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Notice of Public 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of meetings of the North Pacific Fishery Management 
Council Gulf Rationalization Community Committee.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Gulf 
Rationalization Community Committee will meet at the Captain Cook 
Hotel.

DATES: The Gulf Rationalization Community Committee will be held 
December 3, 2004, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Captain Cook Hotel, Voyager Room, 4 and K Street, Anchorage, 
AK.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Kimball, Council staff, Phone: 
907-271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council tasked the committee with 
considering several specific design and implementation issues related 
to each program, including: the community eligibility criteria, 
determining who represents the community, determining

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how the quota may be used, criteria by which the entity decides which 
individuals fish the shares, restrictions on sale of quota share under 
purchase program, use caps and harvest share designations, determining 
the distribution method among eligible communities, how the Community 
Fisheries Quota (CFQ) Program and Community Purchase Program (CPP) 
would work in combination, and how the CFQ program and CPP program 
would work under Alternative 3.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this notice may come 
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal Council action during this meeting. Council 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 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 Gail Bendixen at 907-271-2809 at 
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 12, 2004.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-25644 Filed 11-17-04; 8:45 am]
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