[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 18176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9087]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040902D]


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 April 30, 2002 through May 2, 2002, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., each day.

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 PPT meeting will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
    1. 2001 annual report modules for American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
    2. The economic impacts of swordfish longline fishery closure in 
Hawaii;
    3. First quarter 2002 Hawaii and American Samoa longline fishery 
reports;
    4. Hawaii Marine Recreational Fisheries Survey;
    5. American Samoa longline limited entry program;
    6. Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)-overfishing control rule;
    7. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary and 
pelagic fisheries;
    8. Sea turtle conservation and management;
    i. Cooperative sea turtle research and conservation workshop;
    ii. Status of field experiments to reduce longline turtle bycatch;
    iii. Longline setting chute trials;
    9. NMFS Honolulu Laboratory pelagic fish stock assessments;
    10. NMFS Honolulu Laboratory moonfish (opah) and pomfret (monchong) 
study;
    11. Ecosystem-based pelagic fisheries management;
    12. Bigeye and yellowfin longline fishery performance models;
    13. Hawaii longline fishery logbook and observer data evaluation;
    14. Western Pacific pelagic fishery regulatory issues;
    15. Preparatory Conference for Western Pacific Tuna Commission, and 
other international fishery meetings; and
    16. Other business as required.

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 9, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-9087 Filed 4-12-02; 8:45 am]
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