[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13851-13852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7518]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031996B]


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 will hold its 
89th meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 24-26, 1996. The Council's 
standing committees will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on April 24. 
The full Council will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on April 25-26. 
There will be a fishermen's forum from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on April 
25.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel, Garden 
Lanai Room, 410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 955-4811.
    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 Council will discuss and may take action 
on the following agenda items:
    1. Reports from the islands;
    2. Reports from fishery agencies and organizations, including 
enforcement agencies, and plan to require a Vessel Monitoring System 
(VMS) on all foreign vessels;
    3. Ecosystems and habitat, including:
    (a) Report on ocean circulation model, and
    
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    (b) Plan for coral reef assessment;
    4. Pelagic fishery issues, including:
    (a) 1995 draft annual report island-area summaries,
    (b) Decline in 1994 Hawaii swordfish landings,
    (c) Bycatch issues,
    (d) Status of request for single-Council designation for management 
of domestic pelagic fisheries in the Pacific,
    (e) NMFS swordfish research,
    (f) Plan for U.S. vessels fishing in the Pacific to report catch 
and effort and establishment of control date, and
    (g) Comprehensive data collection need and strategy for 
implementation.
    5. Crustaceans, including:
    (a) Status of Amendment 9,
    (b) 1996 quota forecast,
    (c) VMS evaluation,
    (d) NMFS lobster research, and
    (e) Request for experimental fishing permit;
    6. Bottomfish issues, including:
    (a) 1995 draft annual report island-area summaries,
    (b) Department of Land and Natural Resources progress with a 
management plan for Main Hawaiian Island Onaga and Ehu, and
    (c) Reconsideration of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands management 
system;
    7. Native rights and indigenous fishing issues, including: (a) 
Status of relevant Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(Magnuson Act) amendments, and
    (b) Community-based planning;
    8. Program planning, including:
    (a) NMFS consolidation of regulations and strategic planning;
    (b) University of Hawaii Sea Grant - future of fishery management,
    (c) Status of Magnuson Act reauthorization, and
    (d) Status of Western Pacific Fisheries Information Network (WesPac 
FIN);
    9. Administrative matters; 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 20, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-7518 Filed 3-27-96; 8:45 am]
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