[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5573]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030496C]


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 Pelagics Plan Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 20-21, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m., each day.

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. 1995 annual report (including recommendations from American 
Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Hawaii and region-wide; 
improvements to modules);
    2. Pelagics Fishery Management Plan Milestones (1997-1999);
    3. Status of Small Boat Pelagic Fisheries Working Group 
recommendations;
    4. Explanation of 1994 decline in Hawaii swordfish landings;
    5. Longline observer program: sampling design and 1-year data;
    6. Longline bycatch issues (turtles, albatross, sharks);
    7. Status of Pelagic Fisheries Research Program;
    8. Swordfish research plans; 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. 96-5573 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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