[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67107-67108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19526]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111406G]


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 (Council) and its 
advisory committees will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on December 4, 2006 through December 
12, 2006. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 
West Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

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4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail Bendixen, Council staff; 
telephone: (907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will begin its plenary session 
at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6, continuing through December 12, 
2006. The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, 
December 4 and continue through Saturday December 9. The Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, December 
6 and continue through Friday December 8, 2006. The Enforcement 
Committee will meet Tuesday, December 5, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, in the 
Birch/Willow Room. All meetings are open to the public, except 
executive sessions.
    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
    a. Executive Director's Report
    b. NMFS Management Report (including Resource Access Management 
Division crab management report)
    c. North Pacific Research Board Report
    d. Enforcement Report
    e. U.S. Coast Guard Report
    f. Alaska Department of Fish & Game Report (including review of 
halibut subsistence survey report)
    g. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report
    h. Department of State Report
    i. Protected Species Report (including Marine Mammal Protected Act 
List of Fisheries for 2007, Adak area pollock study, update on 
consultation, SSC review of ranking tool)
    2. Charter Halibut Management: Status report on 2005 Guideline 
Harvest Levels (GHLs) and committee report; review discussion paper on 
5-fish limit, and committee report and action as necessary; review 
discussion paper on Halibut Act proposed amendment and committee 
report, and action as necessary; review separate accountability issue 
and committee report and action as necessary; review moratorium 
discussion paper and committee report; review discussion paper on 
allocations/shares and committee report and action as necessary; review 
discussion paper on allocations/shares and committee report and action 
as necessary.
    3. Maximum Retainable Amounts (MRA) Adjustments: Final action on 
amendment.
    4. Trawl License Limitation Program Recency: Preliminary review of 
analysis and direction as necessary.
    5. Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rationalization: Review analysis and refine 
alternatives.
    6. Seabird Interactions: Initial review of Environmental 
Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review (EA/RIR).
    7. Groundfish Management: Receive report on summary of comments on 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); review GOA Stock Assessment 
Fishery Evaluation Report (SAFE), adopt final harvest specifications 
for 2007/08; review Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) SAFE, adopt 
final harvest specifications for 2007/08; review Adak Experimental 
Fishing Permit (EFP).
    8. Prohibited species bycatch: Final action on Vessel Incentive 
Program (VIP) repeal amendment package; Review EFP for Salmon Bycatch.
    9. Bering Sea Habitat Conservation: Receive report on gear research 
and finalize alternatives for analysis (T).
    10. Staff Tasking: Review Committees and tasking and take action as 
necessary; review progress on the Arctic management, and action as 
necessary; refine Programmatic Environmental Impact statement 
management policy workplan.
    11. Other Business
    The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
    a. North Pacific Research Board report
    b. Protected Species
    c. Charter Halibut moratorium
    d. Trawl LLP Recency
    e. Seabird Interactions
    f. Groundfish Management
    g. EFP Review
    h. Bering Sea Habitat Conservation
    i. BS/AI Crab Management
    The Advisory Panel will address the same agenda issues as the 
Council.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. 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 at (907) 271-2809 at 
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 15, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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