[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24204]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 090597C]


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 Bottomfish Task Force.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 2, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Council office, Conference 
Room, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 
522-8220.
    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 will review a 
draft amendment for the Mau Zone bottomfish fishery limited entry 
program in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The Task Force will also 
discuss new entry criteria for the limited entry program and consider 
other business as needed.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Task Force for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Task Force action during this meeting. Task Force 
action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in 
the agenda listed in this notice.

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: September 5, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-24204 Filed 9-11-97; 8:45 am]
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