[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 68131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3290]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111704C]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Meetings of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and 
its advisory committees.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory committees will hold public meetings December 6 through 
December 14, 2004 at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The Council's Advisory Panel will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, 
December 6 and continue through Saturday December 11, 2004. The 
Scientific and Statistical Committee will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, 
December 6, 2004, and continue through Wednesday, December 8, 2004.The 
Council will begin its plenary session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, December 
8 and continuing through Tuesday December 14. All meetings are open to 
the public except executive sessions. The Enforcement Committee will 
meet Tuesday, December 7 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 
West 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Council staff, telephone: 907-271-
2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Council Plenary Session: 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
    Executive Director's Report
    National Marine Fisheries Service Management Report
    Enforcement Report
    Coast Guard Report
    Alaska Department of Fish & Game Report (and review of proposals to 
Board of Fisheries)
    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report
    Protected Species Report (Review MMPA listing proposed rule
    2. Crab Rationalization: Review proposed rule and comment.
    3. Gulf of Alaska Groundfish (GOA) Rationalization: Receive report 
from Community Committee, refine alternatives and options for analysis.
    4. GOA Rockfish Demonstration Project: Review available information 
and take action as necessary.
    5. Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) and Habitat Area Particular Concern 
(HAPC): Review Alternative 5B options analysis; and finalize 
alternatives. Review HAPC Process, and consider revisions as necessary. 
Update on proposed Dixon Entrance HAPC area, action as necessary.
    6. Improved Retention/Improved Utilization (IR/IU): Finalize 
alternatives and options, and revise problem statement for Amendment 
80.
    7. Observer Program: Preliminary review of analysis of program 
restructuring.
    8. Halibut/Sablefish Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQs) Program: 
Report from IFQ implementation Team and consider initiating amendments. 
Final Action on 4C/4D amendment. Final action on omnibus regulatory 
amendments.
    9. Halibut Subsistence: Final action on omnibus regulatory 
amendment.
    10. Pacific Cod Allocation: Review background paper and develop 
problem statement and alternatives.
    11. Groundfish Management: Aleutian Island Special Management Area, 
review preliminary discussion paper. Bering Sea Aleutian Island Salmon 
Bycatch, develop problem statement and alternatives. Review rockfish 
management discussion paper (T). Receive report from Non-Target Species 
Committee. Final groundfish specifications for Gulf of Alaska. Final 
groundfish specifications for Bering Sea Aleutian Islands. Final action 
on FMP updates.
    12. Staff Tasking: Review tasking and Committee and initiate action 
as appropriate.
    13. Other Business.
    Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC): The SSC agenda will 
include the following issues:
    1. EFH and HAPC
    2. Groundfish Management
    3. Observer Program
    Advisory Panel: The Advisory Panel will address the same agenda 
issues as the Council.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups 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

    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, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-3290 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am]
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