[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 13156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7285]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031996C]


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's (Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold its 62nd meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held April 10-12, 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 SSC will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
    1. Pelagic fishery issues, including:
    (a) An update on the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program,
    (b) Longline observer program: Sampling design and 1-year data,
    (c) 1995 draft annual report,
    (d) Longline bycatch issues,
    (e) Swordfish research plans, and
    (f) Program planning;
    2. Hawaii bottomfish issues, including:
    (a) Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources progress with a 
management plan for Main Hawaiian Islands Onaga and Ehu,
    (b) Reconsideration of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands management 
system,
    (c) 1995 draft annual report, and
    (d) Program planning;
    3. Lobster management, including:
    (a) Status of the stocks,
    (b) Status of Amendment 9,
    (c) NMFS lobster research plan,
    (d) Vessel Monitoring System,
    (e) 1996 lobster fishing quota,
    (f) Request for experimental fishing permit for Kona crab, and
    (g) Program planning;
    4. Plan for regional assessment of coral reef resources; and
    5. 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 20, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-7285 Filed 3-25-96; 8:45 am]
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