[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37884-37885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18465]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 070797D]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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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 Ecosystem and Habitat Advisory Panel (E&H-AP).

DATES: The meeting will be held July 29, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at The Executive Centre Hotel, Room 
4003, 1088 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 539-3000.
    Council address: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164 
Bishop Street, Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI 96813.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The E&H-AP meeting will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
    1. Draft Fishery Management Plan (FMP) amendments for Essential 
Fish Habitat (EFH);
    2. Final region-wide coral reef assessment;
    3. Summary of recent activities (humpback whale sanctuary, Guam 
land use, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Farallon de 
Medinilla Environmental Impact Statement survey); and
    4. 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 8, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-18465 Filed 7-14-97; 8:45 am]
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