[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 185 (Monday, September 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 48291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20716]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG482


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and the 
Alaska Board of Fisheries will meet October 17, 2018.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Egan Center, 555 W 5th Ave., 
Anchorage, AK 99501.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-
2809.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

    The committee will discuss several issues of joint concern 
including: (a) Status report on Council action on the Salmon Fishery 
Management Plan re Cook Inlet; (b) status report on Southeast Chinook 
salmon and management; (c) status of Pacific cod stocks; (d) overview 
of Total Allowable Catch allocation and Federal management of Bering 
Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) cod; (e) update on Council initiative on 
BSAI cod fishery participation; (f) update on Council action on AI cod 
community and shoreside processor protections; (g) overview of State 
management of Pacific cod fisheries; (h) review of State managed 
Pacific cod proposals; and (i) other business.
    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be 
posted at http://www.npfmc.org prior to the meeting, along with meeting 
materials.

Public Comment

    Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted 
either electronically to David Witherell, Council staff: 
[email protected] or through the mail: North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, 605 W 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-
2252. In-person oral public testimony will be accepted at the 
discretion of the committee.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Shannon Gleason at (907) 271-2809 at least 7 
working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 19, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-20716 Filed 9-21-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P