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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.
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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.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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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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Dated: August 21, 2009.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9–20728 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am]
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.
BILLING CODE 3510–22–S
Special Accommodations
sustainablefisheries/bycatch/
default.htm.
Special Accommodations
These workshops will be physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Sally Bibb, 907–
586–7389, at least 10 working days prior
to the meeting date.
The meeting is 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.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XR17
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council) NonTarget Species Committee will meet in
Seattle, WA.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
September 15, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to
12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Alaska Fishery Science Center
(AFSC), 7600 Sand Point Way NE,
Building 4, NMNL Room, Room 2139,
Seattle, WA.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane
DiCosimo, Council staff, telephone:
(907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
committee will receive brief updates on
two AFSC reports on uncertainty and
vulnerable species which will be
incorporated into the action plan for
amending the groundfish fishery
management plans to address annual
catch limits. The committee will also
review action plans for revising
management of BSAI skates, Bering Sea
and Aleutian Island/Gulf of Alaska
(BSAI/GOA) squid, BSAI/GOA octopus,
BSAI/GOA shark and sculpin, and
BSAI/GOA grenadier.
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Dated: August 24, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9–20689 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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.
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council) Crab
Plan Team will meet September 14–16,
2009. The Crab Plan Team will meet
jointly with the Council’s Groundfish
Plan Teams on September 16.
DATES: The meetings will be held
September 14–16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Alaska Fishery Science Center, 7600
Sand Point Way, NE, Bldg 4, Traynor
Room, Seattle, WA.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Stram, North Pacific Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (907)
271–2809.
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The
primary purpose of the meeting is to
review final stock assessment chapters
for 8 BSAI crab stocks and make final
OFL recommendations. Other agenda
items include: review Crab Economic
SAFE chapter; review boundaries of the
St. Matthew habitat conservation zone
and Northern Bering Sea Research Area,
provide recommendations regarding
additional controls on crab bycatch in
groundfish fisheries; review and revise
research priorities; provide EFH and
HAPC recommendations; review
proposed ABC control rules for crab
species to comply with ACL regulations.
The agenda for both meeting will be
posted at https://
www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before these groups 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
RIN 0648–XR18
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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,
(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. E9–20690 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am]
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RIN 0648–XR13
Endangered Species; File Nos. 14344
and 14400
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XR01
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.
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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.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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/
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sustainablefisheries/bycatch/default.htm.
Special Accommodations
These workshops will be physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Sally Bibb, 907-586-7389, at least
10 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 21, 2009.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-20728 Filed 8-26-09; 8:45 am]
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