[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 121 (Friday, June 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31925-31926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15834]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 061796A]


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 July 10-11, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m., each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Executive Center, 1088 
Bishop St., Room 4003, Honolulu, Hawaii; 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. Review final draft of 1995 annual report;
    2. Pacific-wide reporting of catch and effort, including:
    a) development of objectives and procedures for treatment of data, 
(b) define the scope, type, and extent of data needed,
    (c) determine where and how to access data, and (d) control date;
    3. Final draft of Fishery Management Plan Milestone (1997-1999);
    4. Inclusion of Main Hawaiian Island handline fishery into the 1996 
annual report and review the status of the fishery for management 
options;
    5. Update on bycatch issues (turtles, albatross, sharks);

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    6. Progress and/or constraints with specific report 
recommendations;
    7. Status of research programs; and
    8. 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: June 17, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-15834 Filed 6-20-96; 8:45 am]
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