[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28307-28308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7416]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 050906F]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) 
Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee (SSLMC) will meet in Seattle, WA.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 27-29, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Alaska Fisheries Science 
Center (AFSC), 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee's agenda includes the 
following issues: Introductions and opening remarks, Minutes of last 
meeting; Update on call for proposals; Hydroacoutic Surveys of Pollock, 
Aleutian Islands; Steller Sea Lion (SSL) Recovery Plan, Overview and

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Discussion; Impact Evaluation Tool Discussion; Pacific cod Management 
and recent Council action; Updates on SSL and Other Marine Mammal 
Research, SSL Genetics and Stock Structure; the Committee will discuss 
and deliberate on these 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

    This meeting is 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: May 11, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-7416 Filed 5-15-06; 8:45 am]
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