[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 36555-36556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12584]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[I.D. 062005A]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Public 
Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: NMFS will present a workshop on proposed catch-monitoring 
standards for the non-American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/
processor sector. These standards are necessary to support proposed 
groundfish and prohibited species allocations to this sector that are 
under consideration by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.

DATES: The workshop will be held Monday, June 27, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 
1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Nordby Center, located in 
Fishermen's terminal, 1711 W Nickerson St, Seattle, WA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Kinsolving, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The North Pacific Fisheries Management 
Council is developing proposed Amendment 80 to the Fishery Management 
Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP). 
Amendment 80 would allocate prohibited species and target species other 
than Pacific cod and pollock to trawl catcher/processor vessels that 
are not qualified to fish for pollock under the AFA. One aspect of the 
analysis of alternatives being developed for Amendment 80 includes 
options for catch monitoring, weighing, and accounting standards for 
the non-AFA trawl catcher/processor sector. NMFS is conducting the June 
27, 2005, workshop so that interested industry members may provide 
guidance to NMFS on the development and implementation of these 
standards.
    This workshop is not intended to be a forum for providing public 
comment on the proposed rule to implement proposed Amendment 79 to the 
FMP. That proposed rule also would establish catch monitoring standards 
for some vessels within the non-AFA trawl catcher/processor sector. 
Written comments on Amendment 79 may be submitted to NMFS consistent 
with the protocol set forth in the preamble to the proposed rule 
published in the Federal Register on June 16, 2005 (70 FR 35054).
    This workshop is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Alan Kinsolving (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT).


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    Dated: June 20, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-12584 Filed 6-23-05; 8:45 am]
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