[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5322]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 022498D]


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 Council (Council) will hold a 
meeting of its Ecosystem and Habitat Advisory Panel (EHAP), in 
Honolulu, HI.

DATES: The EHAP meeting will be held on March 20, 1998, from 8:30 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.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EHAP will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on a draft comprehensive amendment to 
implement new Sustainable Fishery Act requirements (bycatch, fishing 
sectors, fishing communities, overfishing, essential fish habitat), 
primarily with regard to possible ecological impacts; the Essential 
Fish Habitat section of the amendment will receive special 
consideration.
    Other agenda items that the EHAP will discuss and may take action 
on include:
    1. Draft outline and concept for Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishery 
Management Plan;
    2. Final Environmental Impact Statement (if available) for military 
use of Farallon de Mendinilla, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands; and
    3. Other business as required.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Advisory Panel for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal action during this meeting. 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: February 24, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-5322 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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