[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19748-19749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10117]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041499C]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Council will hold a public joint 
meeting of its Crustacean Advisory Panel (CAP) and Crustaceans Plan 
Team (CPT) in Honolulu, HI.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 10-11, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Council office conference 
room, 1164 Bishop St., 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 CAP and CPT will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the agenda items below. The order in 
which agenda items will be addressed can change.

8:30 a.m., Monday, May 10, 1999

    1. 1998 Draft Annual Report
    A. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) lobster fishery
    B. Other areas (American Samoa, Guam, main Hawaiian Islands, 
Northern Mariana Islands)
    2. Bank-specific harvest guideline framework measure
    3. NWHI 1999 harvest guidelines
    A. Exploitable population sizes
    B. Harvest guidelines and data collectors
    4. NMFS research on NWHI lobster stocks
    A. Tagging experiments
    B. Spiny and slipper lobster time-series data and stock status at 
Necker & Maro
    5. Marine Mammal Commission's concern regarding monk seals and 
lobster fishing
    6. State ``License for Imported Marine Life''
    A. Review of bill
    7. Addition of new areas to Crustaceans Permit Area 3 (Exclusive 
Economic Zone of American Samoa and Guam)
    A. U.S. atolls
    B. Other
    8. Status of amendment addressing Sustainable Fishery Act 
provisions
    A. Bycatch
    B. Overfishing
    C. Fishing communities
    9. Review of Council's draft Program Planning document
    10. Review of draft Comprehensive Data Amendment
    11. Other business

8:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 11, 1999

    12. Review of the issues, discussion and recommendations (CPT and 
CAP meeting separately)
    13. Summary of recommendations (CPT and CAP meeting jointly)
    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 will not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically identified 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.


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    Dated: April 15, 1999.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-10117 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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