[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58333-58334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28759]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 110795F]


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 Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western 
Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold its 61st meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held December 4-5, 1995, from 9:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Kauai Coconut Beach Resort 
in Kapaa, Kauai, HI; telephone: (808) 822-3455.
    Council address: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164 
Bishop St., Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI, 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 
telephone: 808-522-8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC will discuss and may take action on 
the following agenda items:
    1. Humpback Whale Sanctuary, including a review of the draft 
Environmental Impact Statement;
    2. Hawaii bottomfish issues, including:
    (a) State of Hawaii progress with a management plan for Main 
Hawaiian Islands Onaga and Ehu, and
    (b) Reconsideration of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) 
management system;
    3. NWHI lobster management, including:
    (a) Results of August experimental fishing trip,
    (b) Status of Amendment 9, and
    (c) NMFS lobster research plan;
    4. Pelagic fishery issues, including:
    (a) Update on the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program,
    (b) Review of the NMFS evaluation of year 1 of the Longline 
Observer Program,
    (c) Status of the NMFS proposal to shift Longline Observer Program 
responsibility to an outside contractor,
    (d) Status of the NMFS proposal to shift the burden of observer 
funding to 

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the longline industry (including a review of the draft Regulatory 
Impact Review),
    (e) Status of the Council's request for single-Council designation 
to manage domestic pelagic fisheries in the Pacific, and
    (f) Other business as required.

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 meeting date.

    Dated: November 13, 1995.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-28759 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
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