[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19474-19475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10370]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040898A]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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


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ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Pelagics Plan Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 6-7, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Council office, 1164 Bishop 
St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96814.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Plan Team will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
    Wednesday, May 6, 1998, 8.30 p.m.
    1. Introductions and assignment of rapporteurs;
    2. 1997 Pelagic fisheries annual report modules; and
    3. Comprehensive Sustainable Fisheries Act amendment (Magnuson 
Stevens Act requirement), including bycatch, fishing sectors, fishing 
communities, overfishing and essential fish habitat.
    Thursday, May 7, 1998, 8.30 p.m.
    1. Protected species and seabird interactions;
    2. Shark incidental catches in the Western Pacific;
    3. Hawaii longline/charter boat interactions;
    4. Pelagic Fishery Management Plan Amendment 8 - American Samoa 
pelagic fisheries area closure;
    5. Palmyra fishery developments update;
    6. Milestones;
    7. Summary of Plan Team recommendations;
    8. Other business as required.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Plan Team 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 the meeting date.

    Dated: April 14, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-10370 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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