[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50311-50312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19788]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XJ99


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 (Council) Joint 
Protocol Committee of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Council will 
meet in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 12, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 
12 noon.

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

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda: Annual catch limits 
(ABC/TAC) and possible revisions to scallop and crab management; salmon 
bycatch amendments; subsistence halibut program bycatch retention; Gulf 
of Alaska (GOA) issues including the Pacific cod sector split, fixed 
gear LLP recency, and state/federal options for Pacific cod jig gear 
fisheries; parallel waters licensing and catch accounting issues; State 
report on state/federal data collection differences on octopus; and 
Board of Fisheries agenda change requests.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this 
meeting. Actions 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 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

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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: August 21, 2008.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-19788 Filed 8-25-08; 8:45 am]
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