North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 48807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23320]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 083199D]


North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest Crab Industry Advisory Committee has 
scheduled a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 29, 1999, 9:00 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Leif Erickson Lodge, 2245 NW 
57th Street, Seattle, WA.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arni Thomson, Alaska Crab Coalition; 
telephone: 206-547-7560.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pacific Northwest Crab Industry Advisory 
Committee will meet with representatives of the Alaska Department of 
Fish and Game to receive reports and information on the following 
subjects:
    1. Status of crab stocks and resulting guideline harvest levels.
    2. Report on recent Alaska Board of Fisheries activities, including 
update on recent appeals on stand-down and season change action.
    3. Report on Tanner crab rebuilding analysis.
    4. Status of the Crab Observer Program.
    After presentations by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game 
staff, the committee will discuss and may make recommendations on any 
of the listed subjects.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this committee for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 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.

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 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 1, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-23320 Filed 9-7-99; 8:45 am]
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