[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9436-9437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5571]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 030496A]


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 a meeting of its Crustaceans Plan Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 19, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Executive Center, 1088 
Bishop St., Room 4003, Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 539-3000.
    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 plan team will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
    1. Status of the stocks;
    2. Review of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) experimental 
fishery;
    3. Status of crustaceans amendment 9;
    
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    4. 1996 NWHI lobster quota;
    5. Federal-State trap mesh size;
    6. Concerns from the region (American Samoa, Guam/Northern Mariana 
Islands, Hawaii);
    7. Crustaceans Fishery Management Plan Milestones (1997-1999);
    8. Lobster research;
    9. Vessel Monitoring System evaluation; and
    10. 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: March 5, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-5571 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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