[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 34800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17049]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 062696C]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold its 90th meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 7-9, 1996. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

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 Council's Standing Committees will meet 
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on August 7. The full Council will meet 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on August 8-9. There will be a Community 
Meeting at the Mitchell Pauole Center from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on 
August 8.
    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;
    3. Ecosystems and Habitat, including:
    (a) Summary of recent issues and activities, and
    (b) Project update on large scale transplant of live corals in 
Hawaii;
    4. Pelagic fishery issues, including:
    (a) 1995 annual report island-area summaries,
    (b) Status of NMFS Pelagic Research,
    (c) Bycatch issues,
    (d) Status of request for single-Council designation for management 
of domestic pelagic fisheries in the Pacific,
    (e) Status of Albatross Workshop,
    (f) Pelagics data amendment, and
    (g) Status of shark, turtle and albatross assessment;
    5. Crustaceans Milestones 1997-1999;
    6. Bottomfish issues, including:
    (a) 1995 annual report island-area summaries,
    (b) Status of Department of Land and Natural Resources management 
plan for Main Hawaiian Island onaga and ehu,
    (c) Council's preliminary management plan for Main Hawaiian Island 
Onaga and Ehu stocks,
    (d) Limited entry alternatives for the Mau Zone, and
    (e) Milestones 1997-1999;
    7. Enforcement issues, including:
    (a) NMFS activities and Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) update,
    (b) Status of violations, and
    (c) Amendment to require VMS on all foreign vessels;
    8. Native rights and indigenous fishing issues, including;
    (a) Status of relevant Magnuson Fisheries Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson Act) amendments, and
    (b) Molokai subsistence demonstration project;
    9. Program planning, including;
    (a) Status of Magnuson Act re-authorization,
    (b) Status of Western Pacific Fisheries Information Network 
(WPacFIN), and
    (c) Milestones;
    10. Administrative matters; and
    11. 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 27, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-17049 Filed 7-2-96; 8:45 am]
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