Fishery conservation and management: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; workshops,

[Federal Register: October 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 197)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Public Workshops

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

ACTION: Notice of workshops.

SUMMARY: NMFS, Alaska Region, and the U.S. Coast Guard, North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center, will present workshops on the 2003 recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the Alaska groundfish fisheries and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) fisheries.

DATES: The workshops will be held November 12 and 14, 2002. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the times.

ADDRESSES: The workshops will be held in Seattle, WA. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the addresses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshops will include discussion of 2003 recordkeeping and reporting requirements for IFQ fisheries and Alaska groundfish fisheries along with instructions for completion and submittal of the required forms and logsheets.

The workshops are scheduled as follows:

1. November 12, 2002, 1 p.m., Pacific standard time (P.s.t.), for vessels, 3:30 p.m., P.s.t., for shoreside processors at the NOAA Western Regional Center, Building 9, Room A/B, 7600 Sandpoint Way, N.E., Seattle, WA.

2. November 14, 2002, 1 p.m to 2:30 p.m., P.s.t., at FISH EXPO, Room 303, Washington State Trade and Convention Center, Seattle, WA.

Tentatively, additional workshops are being considered in Unalaska, AK, Kodiak, AK, and Sitka, AK. Suggestions and recommendations on scheduling these workshops or on holding workshops at other times and places are welcome.

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 Patsy Bearden, 907-586-7008, at least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: October 3, 2002. Virginia M. Fay, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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