[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35443-35444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15039]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XX01


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 Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC), and Groundfish Plan Team members will hold 
a workshop via Web-Ex, July 8, 2010, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Alaska 
Standard Time (AST) to review methods for determining annual catch 
limits (ACLs) for Tier 6 groundfish stocks. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 8, 2010, 12:30 - 5 p.m. - Web-
ex.

ADDRESSES: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W 4th Avenue, 
Anchorage, AK, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way 
N.E., Building 4, Seattle, WA and AFSC/Auke Bay Laboratories, 17109 
Lena Loop Rd., Juneau, AK.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane DiCosimo, North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council; telephone: (907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council's SSC and Groundfish Plan Team 
members will hold a workshop via Web-Ex, July 8, 2010, beginning at 
12:30 p.m. Alaska Standard Time (AST) to review methods for determining 
annual catch limits (ACLs) for Tier 6 groundfish stocks. These stocks 
are poorly sampled by bottom trawl surveys and the catch history may 
not reflect the productive capacity of these stocks. The teleconference 
will review existing methods for determining ACLs for these stocks and 
also consider methods being proposed in other regions of the U.S. to 
evaluate if these can be applied to groundfish stocks of the Bering Sea 
and

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Gulf of Alaska. Contact the Council office for how to connect to the 
meeting via Web-Ex.
    Agenda: The agenda/instruction to connect will be posted on the 
Council website at: http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this 
meeting. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of 
this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the 
Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Gail Bendixen, (907) 271-2809, at least 5 working 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: June 17, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-15039 Filed 6-21-10; 8:45 am]
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