[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 34799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17047]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 062696E]


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 63rd meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held August 5-6, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Kaluakoi Hotel, Hoaloha 
Room, Molokai, HI; telephone: (808) 552-2555.
    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) Status of NMFS Pelagic Research,
    (c) 1995 annual report,
    (d) Longline bycatch issues,
    (e) Status of Albatross Workshop, and
    (f) Program planning;
    2. Hawaii bottomfish issues, including:
    (a) Status of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources 
management plan for Main Hawaiian Islands onaga and ehu,
    (b) Council preliminary (backup) management plan for Main Hawaiian 
Island onaga and ehu,
    (c) Limited entry alternatives for the Mau Zone,
    (d) Status of moratorium on new entry to the Mau Zone,
    (e) 1995 annual report,
    (f) Consideration of additional Hoomalu Zone participation, and
    (g) Program planning;
    3. Crustaceans Milestones 1997-1997; and
    4. Other business as required.
    Richard W. Surdi, Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation 
and Management, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Special Accommodations

    Gary Matlock, Program Management Officer, National Marine Fisheries 
Service. 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 27, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-17047 Filed 7-2-96; 8:45 am]
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