[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-17264]


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[Federal Register: July 15, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 070894A]

 

Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council's ad 
hoc working group to review Federal fisheries policy in the Pacific, as 
it affects U.S. insular areas, will hold a meeting on July 28-29, 1994, 
in the Lieutenant Governor's Conference Room of the Leiopapa A. 
Kamehameha Building (State Office Tower, Room 1402), 235 South 
Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 522-8220. The meeting 
will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. each day.
    The working group will discuss and may make recommendations 
regarding the following topics:
    (a) Magnuson Act reauthorization, including domestic and foreign 
fishing fees, indigenous fishing rights, cooperative enforcement, and 
islands' abilities to take a greater role in the regional negotiations 
and management of their respective Exclusive Economic Zones;
    (b) Nicholson Act exemptions;
    (c) Island authority over non-living resources;
    (d) Marine Research;
    (e) NMFS funding;
    (f) Competitive fisheries trade issues;
    (g) American Samoa tuna cannery tax payments;
    (h) Histamine testing of tuna shipments;
    (i) Aquaculture development; and
    (j) Other business as required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director, 
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, 1164 Bishop 
Street, Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI 96813; telephone: (808) 522-8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other auxiliary aids should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, telephone 
(voice only) (808) 522-8220, at least 10 days prior to the meeting 
date.

    Dated: July 11, 1994.

David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 94-17264 Filed 7-14-94; 8:45 am]

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