[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35177-35178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16596]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 062695C]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public 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 Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold the 60th meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 18-20, 1995, from 9:00 a.m. 
until 5:00 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach 
Hotel, 75-5660 Palani Rd., Kailua-Kona, HI.
    Council address: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164 
Bishop St., Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director, 
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; telephone: 808-522-8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The group will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
    1. 1994 annual reports for bottomfish and pelagic fisheries;
    2. Hawaii bottomfish issues, including the new Northwestern 
Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) catch reporting system, and management of the 
main Hawaiian Islands overfished bottomfish;
    3. Alternative management program for NWHI lobster fishery, 
possibly including new quota setting procedures, minimum size and 
discard mortality, and individual quotas for fishermen;
    4. Development of priorities for the Council's Biological and 
Oceanographic Research Plan;
    5. Coral reef management;
    6. Status of Federal definitions for marine commercial and 
recreational fishermen; and
    7. Status of the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program.

Special Accommodations

    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, 808-522-8220 (voice) or 808-
522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.


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    Dated: June 29, 1995.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-16596 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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