[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 74 (Monday, April 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 20435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9566]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041200C]


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 103rd meeting of the Western Pacific Fishery Management 
Council (Council) will convene May 1, 2000, at 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Western Pacific Fishery 
Management Council office, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 
96813.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda during the full Council meeting 
will include the items below. The order in which agenda items are 
addressed may change.
    1. Introductions;
    2. Approval of Agenda;
    3. Approval of 102nd Meeting Minutes;
    4. Banning bottom longline fishing for pelagic management unit 
species in Federal waters around Hawaii as a preferred alternative 
under the Pelagics Fishery Management Plan (FMP);
    5. Banning of spear fishing with SCUBA apparatus during day and 
night in the Western Pacific Region, as a preferred alternative under 
the Coral Reef Ecosystem FMP;
    6. The Council may also wish to discuss issues relating to 
fisheries under Council jurisdiction in the Northwestern Hawaiian 
Islands;
    7. Approval of Elliot Lutali's membership of Pelagic Plan Team;
    8. Public comment;
    9. Council action; and
    10. Other business.
    Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda 
may come before this Council 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 
and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require 
emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.

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, Executive Director, (808) 522-
8220 (voice) or (808) 522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to meeting 
date.

    Dated: April 12, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-9566 Filed 4-14-00; 8:45 am]
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