[Federal Register: October 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 205)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101698E]

 
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory committees will meet in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meetings will be held on November 8-12, 1998.


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ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 
W. Third Avenue, 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:
    1. The Advisory Panel (AP) will begin meeting at 8:00 a.m. on 
Sunday, November 8, and continue through Monday, November 9, 1998.
    2. The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will meet 
beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, continuing through 
Monday, November 9, 1998.
    3. The Council will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 
1998, continuing through at least Thursday, November 12, and possibly 
into Friday morning, November 13, 1998.
    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory 
bodies will hold a special meeting to discuss management implications 
of draft Senate Bill 1221, and to discuss the current status of Stellar 
sea lions and potential management measures to mitigate fisheries 
impacts on those marine mammals.
    SB 1221 (assuming its passage) will mandate specific management 
measures for the pollock fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, 
and the pollock and Pacific cod fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska, and 
will likely necessitate additional actions by the Council.
    Also on the agenda for the November meeting will be a discussion of 
total weight measurement in the groundfish fisheries, as it relates to 
SB 1221, and a discussion of the recent crab license limitation actions 
from the Council's October meeting, relative to SB 1221 and relative to 
possible State of Alaska crab fishery management considerations.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during the meeting. Council action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the 
agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Helen Allen, 907-271-2809, at 
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 19, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-28506 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]
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