[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22836-22837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10639]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 042199D]


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's (Council) 
Pelagics Plan Team (PPT) members will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held May 12-14, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Council office.
    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 PPT meeting will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
    1. Pelagic fisheries annual report modules;
    2. 1st quarter 1999 Hawaii and American Samoa longline fishery 
report;
    3. Shark incidental catch in the Hawaii longline fishery, and 
issues related to shark finning and commercial gears used to catch 
sharks;

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    4. Status of Council and NMFS projects concerning mitigation of 
longline-seabird interactions in the Hawaii longline fishery;
    5. Status of NMFS research on bycatch of turtles in the Hawaii 
longline fishery, and issues relating to the complaint filed against 
NMFS concerning the current biological opinion for turtles and 
compliance with National Environmental Protection Act requirements;
    6. Marine debris: sources and impacts on habitat and protected 
species;
    7. Status of the area closure for large pelagic fishing vessels 
around the islands of American Samoa, and area closures for other 
island areas in the Western Pacific;
    8. Progress of the Multi-lateral High Level Conference process to 
implement a management convention for tunas in the Central-West 
Pacific;
    9. Fisheries data issues including recreational fishery reporting 
and formation of a recreational fisheries data task force;
    10. Review of Pelagics Advisory Panel recommendations;
    11. Status report on High Seas Fishing Compliance Act licensing of 
Hawaii-based longline vessels;
    12. Review of Council program plan;
    13. Other business as required.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Team for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not the 
subject of formal discussion 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 22, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-10639 Filed 4-27-99; 8:45 am]
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