[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17919]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 062797D]


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 a 
joint meeting of its Bottomfish Task Force, Hawaii Plan Team, and 
Hawaii Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 28, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel, 410 
Atkinson Dr., Plumeria Room, Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 955-4811.
    Council address: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164 
Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 
telephone: (808) 522-8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bottomfish Task Force, Hawaii Plan Team, 
and Hawaii Advisory Panel will review a draft amendment for the Mau 
Zone bottomfish fishery limited entry program in the Northwestern 
Hawaiian Islands. The group will consider permit renewal criteria, 
indigenous fishing practices, and other elements to the limited entry 
program. The group will also review the 1996 bottomfish annual report 
and address new Magnuson-Stevens Act requirements including: Essential 
Fish Habitat, overfishing, bycatch, communities and fishing sectors and 
consider 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: July 1, 1997.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-17919 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]
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