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halibut excluder Experimental Fishing
Permit (EFP).
12. GOA Rockfish Pilot Program:
Receive report which reviews the
Rockfish Pilot Program; Receive report
on Central GOA Rockfish EFP, phase
one.
13. BSAI Crab Overfishing Level
(OFLs): Receive Plan Team report on
BSAI crab OFLs; Review preliminary
Crab Stock Assessment Evaluation
report.
14. Staff Tasking: Review Committees
and tasking; review Programmatic
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement priorities workplan; Receive
report on native/community/
stakeholder participation.
15. Other Business.
The SSC agenda will include the
following issues:
1. Halibut Subsistence
2. Salmon Bycatch
3. Research Priorities
4. GOA Sideboards
5. GOA Rockfish Pilot
6. BSAI Crab OFLs
7. GOA Groundfish
The Advisory Panel will address most
of the same agenda issues as the
Council, except for ι1 reports. The
Agenda is subject to change, and the
latest version will be posted at https://
www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meetings. Action
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 Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
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These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Gail Bendixen at
(907) 271–2809 at least 7 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 6, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN: 0648–XH81
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Economic and Groundfish
Subcommittees (Subcommittees) of the
Scientific and Statistical Committee will
hold a joint working meeting, which is
open to the public.
DATES: The Subcommittees will meet
Wednesday, May 28, 2008, from 8 a.m.
until business for the day is completed,
and reconvene on Thursday, May 29 at
8 a.m. and adjourn that day upon
completion of business.
ADDRESSES: The Subcommittees’
meeting will be held at the Embassy
Suites Portland Airport, Cedar I and II
Room, 7900 NE 82nd Avenue, Portland,
OR 97220; telephone: (503) 460–3000.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jim Seger, Staff Officer; telephone: (503)
820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the Subcommittees’ meeting
is to review the analysis developed in
support of Council consideration of a
preliminary preferred trawl
rationalization alternative.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the Subcommittees for
discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of action during this meeting.
The Subcommittees’ action will be
restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Subcommittee’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
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should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter
at (503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.
Dated: May 6, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN: 0648–XH80
Western Pacific Regional Fishery
Management Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Regional
Fishery Management Council’s
(Council) will convene public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held from
Tuesday, May 27, 2008, through
Thursday May 29, 2008. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
times, dates, and agenda items.
ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be
held at Waiakea High School, 155 W.
Kawili Street, Hilo, HI; at the Hawaii Big
Game Fishing Club at the Honokohau
Harbor in Kona, HI; and at Pacific Ocean
Producers, Pier 38, 1133 North Nimitz
Highway, Honolulu, HI; telephone:
(808) 522–8220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dates and Times and Locations
The public meetings will be held
between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Tuesday,
May 27, 2008, at Waiakea High School
in Hilo, HI; Wednesday, May 28, 2008,
at the Hawaii Big Game Fishing Club in
Kona, HI; and on Thursday, May 29,
2008, at Pacific Ocean Producers in
Honolulu, HI.
Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Description of Management
Alternatives under Consideration for the
Offshore Handline Pelagics Fishery
3. Discussion and Questions
4. Public Comment
The Western Pacific Council voted at
its 139th meeting in October 2007
directed staff to draft an amendment to
its Pelagic Fisheries Management Plan
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(PFMP) to consider a limited entry
program for the Hawaii offshore
commercial pelagic fishery employing
handlines and related hook and line
gear (e.g. shortlines, vertical longline)
off or around seamounts, NOAA
weather buoys, and private fish
aggregating devices (PFADs). Council
concern about the offshore handline
fishery dates back to the early 1990s,
due to the high catch of juvenile bigeye
tuna from this fishery, and its rapid
expansion where catches reached in
excess of 1 million pounds in 1995. In
response, the Council established a
control date of July 22, 1992, for the
Cross Seamount and NOAA weather
buoy offshore handline fishery and
informed the public that participants
entering the fishery after this data might
not be assured of continued
participation. More recently, the
Council established a general control
date of June 2, 2005 for all Hawaii nonlongline commercial pelagic fisheries in
response to the overfishing condition of
Pacific bigeye tuna. The offshore
handline fishery has declined since
1995, with landings averaging 450,000
lbs annually. However, the Council
continues to be concerned about this
fishery due to the potential for fishery
expansion if the economy in Hawaii
goes into a recession, or reduced bigeye
quotas for U.S. longline vessels are
implemented based on conservation
measures from Pacific tuna regional
fishery management organizations
(RFMOs) of which the U.S. is a member.
Recent studies conducted on handline
fisheries suggest a link between fishery
participation and unemployment in
Hawaii, while bigeye tuna continues to
be in an overfishing condition in the
Pacific and cuts of up to 25% of
longline bigeye catch quotas are being
considered by Pacific tuna RFMOs. In
establishing a limited entry program, the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
requires Councils to consider, among
other things, present and historical
fishery participation, fishery economics,
and cultural and social issues relevant
to the fishery and fishing communities.
These meetings will be an opportunity
for fishery participants and the public to
comment on the proposed limited entry
program for the offshore handline
fishery and on the issues listed above or
other relevant considerations.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meetings. Action
will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in this notice and
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any issues arising after publication of
this notice that require emergency
action under section 305(c) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds,
(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522–
8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C.1801 et seq.
Dated: May 6, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COORDINATING COUNCIL ON
JUVENILE JUSTICE AND
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
[OJP (OJJDP) Docket No. 1482]
Meeting of the Coordinating Council
on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention
Coordinating Council on
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Coordinating Council on
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (Council) is announcing its
June 6, 2008 meeting.
DATES: Friday, June 6, 2008, 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
ADDRESS: The meeting will take place at
the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), 3rd
Floor Conference Room, 810 Seventh
Street, NW.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Visit the Web
site for the Coordinating Council at
https://www.juvenilecouncil.gov or
contact Robin Delany-Shabazz,
Designated Federal Official, by
telephone at 202–307–9963 [Note: this
is not a toll-free telephone number], or
by e-mail at Robin.DelanyShabazz@usdoj.gov.
The
Coordinating Council on Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
established pursuant to Section 3(2)A of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App. 2) will meet to carry out its
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advisory functions under Section 206 of
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 2002, 42 U.S.C. 5601,
et seq. Documents such as meeting
announcements, agendas, minutes, and
reports will be available on the
Council’s Web page, https://
www.JuvenileCouncil.gov., where you
may also obtain information on the
meeting.
Although designated agency
representatives may attend, the Council
membership is composed of the
Attorney General (Chair), the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of
Education, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, the Administrator
of the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (Vice Chair),
the Director of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy, the Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation for National
and Community Service, and the
Assistant Secretary of Homeland
Security for U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement. Up to nine
additional members are appointed by
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Senate Majority
Leader, and the President of the United
States.
Meeting Agenda
The agenda for this meeting will
include: (a) A presentation on and
discussion of research findings from the
Girls’ Study Group project; (b) updates
on Council Partnership Projects; and (c)
applicable legislative and program
updates; announcements and other
business. The meeting is open to the
public.
Registration
For security purposes, members of the
public who wish to attend the meeting
must pre-register online at https://
www.juvenilecouncil.gov/meetings.html
no later than May 30, 2008. Should
problems arise with Web registration,
call Daryel Dunston at 240–221–4343 or
send a request to register for the June 6,
2008 Council meeting to Mr. Dunston.
Include name, title, organization or
other affiliation, full address and phone,
fax and email information and send to
his attention either by fax at: 301–945–
4295 or by e-mail to
ddunston@edjassociates.com. [Note:
these are not toll-free telephone
numbers.] Additional identification
documents may be required. Space is
limited.
Note: Photo identification will be required
for admission to the meeting.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XH80
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council; Public
Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council's
(Council) will convene public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held from Tuesday, May 27, 2008, through
Thursday May 29, 2008. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
times, dates, and agenda items.
ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be held at Waiakea High School, 155
W. Kawili Street, Hilo, HI; at the Hawaii Big Game Fishing Club at the
Honokohau Harbor in Kona, HI; and at Pacific Ocean Producers, Pier 38,
1133 North Nimitz Highway, Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 522-8220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522-8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dates and Times and Locations
The public meetings will be held between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on
Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Waiakea High School in Hilo, HI; Wednesday,
May 28, 2008, at the Hawaii Big Game Fishing Club in Kona, HI; and on
Thursday, May 29, 2008, at Pacific Ocean Producers in Honolulu, HI.
Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Description of Management Alternatives under Consideration for
the Offshore Handline Pelagics Fishery
3. Discussion and Questions
4. Public Comment
The Western Pacific Council voted at its 139th meeting in October
2007 directed staff to draft an amendment to its Pelagic Fisheries
Management Plan
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(PFMP) to consider a limited entry program for the Hawaii offshore
commercial pelagic fishery employing handlines and related hook and
line gear (e.g. shortlines, vertical longline) off or around seamounts,
NOAA weather buoys, and private fish aggregating devices (PFADs).
Council concern about the offshore handline fishery dates back to the
early 1990s, due to the high catch of juvenile bigeye tuna from this
fishery, and its rapid expansion where catches reached in excess of 1
million pounds in 1995. In response, the Council established a control
date of July 22, 1992, for the Cross Seamount and NOAA weather buoy
offshore handline fishery and informed the public that participants
entering the fishery after this data might not be assured of continued
participation. More recently, the Council established a general control
date of June 2, 2005 for all Hawaii non-longline commercial pelagic
fisheries in response to the overfishing condition of Pacific bigeye
tuna. The offshore handline fishery has declined since 1995, with
landings averaging 450,000 lbs annually. However, the Council continues
to be concerned about this fishery due to the potential for fishery
expansion if the economy in Hawaii goes into a recession, or reduced
bigeye quotas for U.S. longline vessels are implemented based on
conservation measures from Pacific tuna regional fishery management
organizations (RFMOs) of which the U.S. is a member. Recent studies
conducted on handline fisheries suggest a link between fishery
participation and unemployment in Hawaii, while bigeye tuna continues
to be in an overfishing condition in the Pacific and cuts of up to 25%
of longline bigeye catch quotas are being considered by Pacific tuna
RFMOs. In establishing a limited entry program, the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires Councils to consider,
among other things, present and historical fishery participation,
fishery economics, and cultural and social issues relevant to the
fishery and fishing communities. These meetings will be an opportunity
for fishery participants and the public to comment on the proposed
limited entry program for the offshore handline fishery and on the
issues listed above or other relevant considerations.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings. Action 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 Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522-8220
(voice) or (808) 522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting
date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C.1801 et seq.
Dated: May 6, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-10386 Filed 5-9-08; 8:45 am]
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