[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 90 (Thursday, May 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26606-26607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9051]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[XRIN: 0648-XA13]


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 June 4, 2007 through June 12, 2007. 
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: Council meeting - Centennial Hall, 330 Harbor Drive, Sitka, 
AK.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Witherell, Council staff, Phone: 
907-271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will begin its plenary session 
at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 6, continuing through June 12, 2007. The 
Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, June 4 and 
continue through Saturday June 9. The Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 4 and continue 
through Wednesday June 6, 2007. The Enforcement Committee will meet 
Tuesday, June 5, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Centennial Hall. 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 (including Standard Operations 
Practices and Procedures review and approval)
    b. NMFS Management Report (including updates on cost recovery,

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crab quota real-time transfers, crab right of first refusal, charter 
halibut moratorium appeals provisions)
    c. NMFS Enforcement Report
    d. U.S. Coast Guard Report
    e. Alaska Department of Fish & Game Report
    f. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report
    g. Protected Species Report (including review of Endangered Species 
Act compendium, progress report on Steller Sea Lion (SSL) Recovery Plan 
peer review, report to SSC on List of Fisheries, SSL Mitigation 
Committee Report)
    2. Charter Halibut Management: Receive Stakeholder Committee report 
on compensated reallocation elements; action as necessary; Final action 
on Area 2C Guideline Harvest Levels (GHLs) measures.
    3. Halibut Subsistence: Review discussion paper on rural 
definition; action as necessary.
    4. Trawl License Limitation Program (LLP) Recency: Review 
information on LLP requirements and landings thresholds; action as 
necessary.
    5. Bering Sea Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Management: Receive 
reports from Crab Plan Team and Pacific Northwest Crab Industry 
Advisory Committee, Initial review of crab overfishing definition 
analysis; Review Discussion paper on custom processing; review 
discussion paper on ``Active Participation'' for C-shares; Review 
discussion paper on Post-delivery Transfers (crab and rockfish).
    6. Observer Program: Review discussion paper on regulatory changes; 
Review committee report, provide direction on regulatory package.
    7. Community Development Quota (CDQ): Discussion paper on CDQ 
program and Magnuson-Stevens Act amendments, and legal opinion, and 
action as necessary; Initial Review/Final action on regulation of 
harvest package.
    8. Research Priorities: Review and adopt research priorities for 
2007-08.
    9. Groundfish Management: Initial review of Gulf of Alaska (GOA) 
arrowtooth Maximum Retainable Amount (MRA) adjustment (T); Salmon 
Bycatch Workgroup report, refine alternatives for analysis; Review and 
approve Guidelines for External Review; Review Experimental Fishing 
Permit for electronic monitoring of Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish 
fisheries (T).
    10. Habitat Conservation: Final action on Bering Sea habitat 
conservation measures; Review Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC) 
priorities and timing, action as necessary.
    11. Aleutian Island Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP): Review and 
approve Aleutian Island FEP.
    12. Arctic Management: Review discussion paper, and take action as 
necessary.
    13. Staff Tasking: Review Committees and tasking, and take action 
as necessary; Review Programmatic Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement workplan priorities.
    14. Other Business
    The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
    1. Protected Species
    2. Crab Management
    3. Research Priorities
    4. BSAI Crab Management
    5. Aleutian Island Fishery Ecosystem Plan
    6. Arctic Management
    The Advisory Panel will address the same agenda issues as the 
Council, except for reports. The Agenda is subject to change, and the 
latest version will be posted at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/.

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: May 7, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-9051 Filed 5-9-07; 8:45 am]
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