[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 53179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21559]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC195


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 (NPFMC) Crab 
Plan Team (CPT) will meet in Seattle, WA.

DATES: The meeting will be held September 18-21, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Stram; telephone: (907) 271-
2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Plan Team meeting agenda includes: Final 
stock assessments and harvest specifications for Eastern Bering Sea 
(EBS) snow crab, Tanner crab, Saint Matthew blue king crab, Pribilof 
Islands blue king crab, Pribilof Islands red king crab and Bristol Bay 
red king crab. Additional discussions include model recommendations for 
Aleutian Islands golden king crab, Norton Sound red king crab, 2012 EBS 
survey results, reports from working groups on total catch accounting, 
recruitment and retrospective analyses, a review of the economic stock 
assessment fishery evaluation (SAFE) report and a discussion of plans 
for revising the use of Mature Male Biomass (MMB) in assessments with 
effective spawning biomass.
    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov.
    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 listed 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

    The meeting is 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: August 28, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-21559 Filed 8-30-12; 8:45 am]
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