[Federal Register: October 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 194)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092899F]

 
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Public Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

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SUMMARY: NMFS and the United States Coast Guard North Pacific Regional 
Fisheries Training Center will present an integrated approach to 
clarify and explain NMFS 2000 recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
for the Alaska groundfish fisheries. In addition, information on the 
proposed shoreside electronic delivery report will be presented. The 
workshop will provide

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detailed instructions on completion and submittal of the required 
logsheets and reporting forms developed for the American Fisheries Act, 
open-access groundfish, Community Development Quota, Individual Fishing 
Quota, and at-sea scale programs.

DATES: Friday, November 19, 1999, 10 a.m. until 12 noon, Alaska local 
time.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at FISH EXPO, Room 210, Washington 
State Convention and Trade Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle, WA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Other workshops will be held at later dates 
in Homer, Kodiak, and Sitka, AK, and in Seattle, WA, to provide 
industry with information for NMFS 2000 recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements for the Alaska groundfish fisheries as required by 
regulations at 50 CFR part 679.

Special Accommodations

    This workshop is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Patsy Bearden at 907-586-7228 at least 7 working 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 1, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-26123 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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