[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18003-18004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9196]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040699B]


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 Precious Corals Plan Team and Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 3, 1999, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Honolulu Laboratory, 2570 
Dole St., Rm. 112, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396, telephone: 808-983-5300.
    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: Members of the Precious Corals Plan Team and 
Advisory Panel will discuss possible adjustments to established 
management measures in the Council's precious corals fishery management 
plan. These adjustments include suspending the harvest quota for live 
gold coral at the Makapu'u Bed; redefining the term ``live coral''; 
prohibiting the harvest of black coral unless it has attained a minimum 
height of 48 inches or a stem diameter of 1 inch; applying size limits 
to harvested live coral only; prohibiting the use of non-selective 
gear; prohibiting the harvest of pink coral from any established or 
conditional bed unless it has attained a minimum height of 10 inches; 
revising the boundaries of Brooks Bank; increasing the annual harvest 
quota for live pink coral at Brooks Bank; suspending the harvest quota 
for live gold coral at Brooks Bank; classifying the FFS-Gold Pinnacles 
Bed as a conditional bed; setting the annual harvest quota for all 
types of live precious coral at the FFS-Gold Pinnacles at zero; and 
revising reporting and record keeping requirements.

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    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
these groups 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 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: April 7, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-9196 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]
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