# North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Notice of Public Meeting
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Salmon Bycatch Workgroup will meet August 29, 2007, in Anchorage, Alaska at the Hawthorn Suites, 1110 West 8th Avenue, Anchorage Alaska.
**DATES:**
Meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Salmon Bycatch Workgroup on August 29, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
**ADDRESSES:**
Hawthorn Suites, 1110 West 8th Avenue, Anchorage Alaska.
*Council address* : North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Diana Stram, Council staff, Phone: 907-271-2809.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Agenda**
Review revised alternatives per Salmon Work Group recommendations (June 2007), preliminary work on hard cap estimation and trigger cap numbers by season and annual totals, spatial evaluation of candidate closures I (A and B season), evaluation of closures and salmon hot spots using observed salmon numbers and salmon bycatch rates, evaluation of candidate closures using a proposed optimization technique and Workgroup Discussion and recommendations for Council consideration.
**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 7, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.