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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 Gail Bendixen,
(907) 271–2809, at least 5 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 24, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9–20688 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am]
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XR19
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.
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council)
Observer Advisory Committee (OAC)
will meet at the Alaska Fishery Science
Center (AFSC), Traynor Conference
Center.
DATES: The meetings will be held
September 21–22, 2009, from 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Alaska Fishery Science Center, 7600
Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4, Traynor
Conference Center, Seattle, WA 98115.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Kimball, Council staff,
telephone: (907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
primary purpose of the committee
meeting is to review a NMFS
implementation plan to establish a new
program for observer procurement and
deployment in the North Pacific
Observer Program, as well as review a
timeline for implementation. The
committee will discuss the plan, and
provide feedback and/or
recommendations to the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
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Special Accommodations
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.
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SUMMARY:
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 these meetings. 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.
Dated: August 24, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9–20691 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am]
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Chinook Salmon
Bycatch Management Measures
Workshop
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshop.
SUMMARY: NMFS announces a workshop
to solicit comments from owners and
operators of trawl catcher/processors
and motherships in the Bering Sea
pollock fishery about proposed
equipment and operational
requirements to monitor salmon
bycatch. The workshop is open to the
public, but NMFS is particularly seeking
participation by people who are
knowledgeable about the operations of
the catcher/processors and motherships
and who can discuss with NMFS the
potential operational impacts of
proposed monitoring requirements.
DATES: The public workshop will be
held on Wednesday, September 23,
2009, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific
standard time.
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ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held
at the Swedish Cultural Center, 1920
Dexter Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98109.
Directions to the Swedish Cultural
Center are on its website at https://
www.swedishculturalcenter.org/
contacts.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Watson, 907–586–7537 or Sally
Bibb 907–586–7389.
The North
Pacific Fishery Management Council
has recommended revisions to the
management of Chinook salmon bycatch
in the Bering Sea pollock fishery under
proposed Amendment 91 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area. NMFS is developing
proposed revisions to equipment and
operational requirements for catcher/
processors and motherships to support
using a count or census as the basis for
accounting for Chinook salmon bycatch
under Amendment 91. A census is an
alternative to estimating Chinook
salmon bycatch based on species
composition samples taken by observers
onboard the catcher/processors and
motherships. NMFS is considering
proposed requirements related to the
storage and handling of salmon sorted
from the groundfish catch; video
monitoring of areas where salmon are
sorted from the catch and stored prior
to being counted by the observer; and
electronic logbooks to facilitate timely
vessel reporting of the count of salmon
bycatch by species for each haul.
This workshop is open to the public,
but NMFS is particularly seeking input
and discussion with people who work
on the catcher/processors and
motherships, are familiar with the
vessel operations, and have knowledge
of the potential impact of changes in the
handling, storage, and counting of
salmon bycatch and procedures to
ensure that salmon are not discarded
from the vessel before they are counted
by an observer. These proposed
requirements will be included in the
proposed rule for Amendment 91 that is
expected to be published in late 2009.
This workshop focuses only on catch
monitoring requirements onboard
catcher/processors and motherships and
will not include discussion of proposed
requirements for shoreside processing
plants. Proposed revisions to monitoring
requirements in the shoreside
processing plants were included in the
draft Environmental Impact Statement
prepared for Amendment 91 which is
available on the NMFS Alaska Region
website at https://
www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XR19
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)
Observer Advisory Committee (OAC) will meet at the Alaska Fishery
Science Center (AFSC), Traynor Conference Center.
DATES: The meetings will be held September 21-22, 2009, from 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Alaska Fishery Science
Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4, Traynor Conference Center,
Seattle, WA 98115.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Kimball, Council staff,
telephone: (907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the committee meeting
is to review a NMFS implementation plan to establish a new program for
observer procurement and deployment in the North Pacific Observer
Program, as well as review a timeline for implementation. The committee
will discuss the plan, and provide feedback and/or recommendations to
the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.
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 these
meetings. 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
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: August 24, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-20691 Filed 8-26-09; 8:45 am]
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