[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 79 (Monday, April 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 19069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9496]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XO89


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 committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Crab 
Plan Team will meet May 11, 12, 15, 2009. Additionally, a public 
workshop on Alaska Crab Stock Assessments will be held May 13-14.

DATES: The meetings will be held May 11-15, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in the Traynor Room at the Alaska 
Fishery Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, Bldg 4, Seattle, WA.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Crab Plan will begin Monday May 11 at 
8:30 a.m. through Tuesday May 12. The Alaska Crab Stock Assessment 
Workshop will begin on May 13 at 8:30 a.m. and go through May 14. The 
Crab Plan team will reconvene Friday May 15 at 8:30 a.m.
    The Plan Team agenda includes the following: Discussion and 
recommendations on groundfish catch accounting for crab stock 
assessments; Reanalysis of the Eastern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey 
results; Overview of crab stock assessment, stock status, over fishing 
levels (OFL), plans for Center for Independent Experts review, and 
proposed model-based assessment tier recommendations; Pribilof Island 
Blue King Crab rebuilding plan alternatives; Modification of the St 
Matthew Habitat Conservation area; Discard rates and PSC caps for 
groundfish and scallop fisheries. The agenda for the Crab Stock 
Assessment Workshop includes discussion and evaluation of all aspects 
of data, methodology, and alternative approaches for assessing crab 
stocks.
    The agenda for both meeting 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, (907) 271-2809, at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 22, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-9496 Filed 4-24-09; 8:45 am]
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