[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55113-55114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5122]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091405B]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Notice of Public 
Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of 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 October 5 through 11, 
2005, at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, 
AK.

DATES: The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, 
October 3 and continue through Friday October 7, 2005. The Scientific 
and Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday October 
3 and continue through Wednesday, October 5, 2005.
    The Council will begin its plenary session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, 
October 5, continuing through October 11, 2005. All meetings are open 
to the public except executive sessions. The Enforcement Committee will 
meet Tuesday, October 4, from 1 to 5 pm.

ADDRESSES: 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, Phone: 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 (including report on freezer longline 
buyback and report on SSC operations per peer review requirements)

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    NMFS Management Report (includes update on Amendment 79)
    U.S. Coast Guard Report
    Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) Report
    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report
    Protected Species Report (Report on Right Whale critical habitat 
designation; receive report on Board of Fisheries/North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council pollock fishery subcommittee; update on Endangered 
Species Act (ESA) Salmon consultation; Fishery Management Plan (FMP) 
level Biological Opinion (BiOp) discussion/schedule)

2. Halibut Charter

    Guideline Harvest Levels (GHLs) Status Report and action as 
necessary. Review Halibut Charter Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQ) 
letter from Dr. Hogarth.

3. Community Development Quotas (CDQ) Issues

    Initial review of Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review 
(EA/RIR) on management CDQ reserves; report from Blue Ribbon Panel, 
update on Amendment 71 and status on CDQ allocation process and action 
as necessary.

4. Improved Retention/Improved Utilization (IR/IU)

    Initial review of Amendment 80 Environmental Assessment/Regulatory 
Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (EA/RIR/IRFA) 
(Head and Gut Cooperatives); Select preliminary preferred alternative.

5. Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Salmon Bycatch

    Final action on EA/RIR for Amendment 84; Discuss package B; review 
alternatives and timelines for analysis; SSC workshop on salmon stock 
ID; review cooperative salmon research.

6. BSAI Pacific Cod Allocations

    Review alternatives, components, and options, action as necessary.

7.Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Groundfish Rationalization

    Review preliminary community data; review other data and 
information and revise alternatives/options as appropriate; review crab 
and salmon bycatch data, alternatives, and options.

8. Bairdi Crab Split

    Final action on amendment.

9. Halibut/Sablefish IFQ Program

    Initial review of omnibus amendment package (T).

10. Groundfish Management

    Initial review EA and proposed specifications for 2006/07, Review 
Stock Assessment Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) ecosystem chapter, Rockfish 
Management, review discussion paper (T); Review discussion paper on 
BSAI pollock A-season start date; Review strawman problem statement and 
alternatives for Bering Sea Habitat Conservation/Essential Fish 
Habitat. (T)

11. Ecosystem Approaches

    Status report on Aleutian Island Fishery Ecosystem Plan and 
Ecosystem Approach Management.

12. Crab Management

    Review SAFE report for Crab Management.

13. Staff Tasking

14. Other Business

    The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
    1. SSC Operations
    2. IR/IU
    3. BSAI Salmon Bycatch
    4. CDQ Issues
    5. Halibut/Sablefish IFQs
    6. Groundfish Management
    7. Ecosystem Approaches
    8. Crab Management
    The Advisory Panel will address the same agenda issues as the 
Council.

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.

    September 14, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainablw Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-5122 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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