[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 166 (Monday, August 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 50891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14227]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 082306B]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Gulf of Alaska 
(GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) groundfish plan teams 
will meet in Seattle, WA.

DATES: The meetings will be held on September 19-22, 2006. The meetings 
will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, September 19, and continue through 
Friday September 22. The meetings will end when business for the day is 
completed, each day.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Alaska Fisheries Science 
Center, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4, Observer Training Room 
(BS/AI Plan Team) and Traynor Room (GOA Plan Team), Seattle, WA.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    Principal business is to prepare and review the draft Economic 
Report, the draft Ecosystems Consideration Chapter, draft stock 
assessments for some target-categories, and recommend preliminary 
groundfish catch specifications for 2007/08.
    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 23, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-14227 Filed 8-25-06; 8:45 am]
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