[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 230 (Friday, November 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 67718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23206]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE11


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 meeting.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Crab 
Committee will meet December 17-18, 2007, in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m., and on December 18, from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Iliamna Room, 
500 West 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Fina, North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, telephone: (907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will focus on programmatic 
issues and the effects of policy decisions related to the Bering Sea 
Aleutian Island crab rationalization program. The Committee will also 
discuss potential solutions to concerns that may arise from any 
adjustments to the A share/B share split, including compensation to 
processors from harvesters for lost economic opportunity from a shift 
in market power, change in landing distribution, the remaining need and 
necessary changes to the binding arbitration program, use and 
effectiveness of regional landing requirements to protect communities, 
and respective impacts on crew; potential solutions to existing data 
needs, including the need for exvessel prices, by share type and 
region, and first wholesale price information.
    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: November 27, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-23206 Filed 11-29-07; 8:45 am]
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