[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 48936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4557]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081505A]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION:  Notice of a committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Crab 
Plan Team will meet in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 7-9, 2005. The meeting 
will begin on Wednesday, September 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 
continue on Thursday, September 8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 
September 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Stram, North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council; telephone: (907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee's agenda includes the 
following: Update on Information Quality Act relevance to Crab Plan 
Team role in reviewing stock assessment products, Review of state/
federal action plan, Review summer research including: NMFS survey, 
Bering Sea Fishery Research Foundation survey; snow crab tagging 
results. Model and assessment results on Golden King crab, Red King 
crab and Snow crab. Review Status of stocks, stock status relative to 
overfishing, and current harvest strategies, state annual management 
reports, review, revise, compile Stock Assessment Fishery Evaluation 
Report. Review progress on revised overfishing definitions, Bairdi 
Tanner crab harvest strategy and rebuilding plan, review membership 
issues.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group 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, 907-271-2809, at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 17, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-4557 Filed 8-19-05; 8:45 am]
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