[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29116-29117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11788]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC679


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council 
(Council) and Alaska Board of Fisheries (AK BOF) Joint Protocol 
Committee.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council Joint Protocol

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Committee of the AK B0F and Council will meet in Juneau, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 12, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Centennial Hall, 101 Egan 
Drive, Ballroom 1, Juneau, AK.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: AK BOF Staff, (907) 465-4110 or 
Council staff, (907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will review the following: 
Updates on Gulf of Alaska (GOA) non-pollock Chinook bycatch and other 
salmon bycatch issues, GOA trawl bycatch management, restructured 
observer program and electronic monitoring, Steller sea lion (SSL) 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and associated issues, including 
Aleutian Islands cod processing sideboards and relationship to BOF 
state water groundfish fishery proposals; Update on definition of a 
fishing guide and coordination of state and federal regulations and 
report on Pacific cod and other groundfish proposals to the BOF. The 
Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at 
http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/.
    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: May 14, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-11788 Filed 5-16-13; 8:45 am]
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