[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1598-1599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-637]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 010703C]


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 82nd meeting of the Western Pacific Fishery Council's 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will convene January 28 - 
30, 2003 in Honolulu, HI.

DATES: The SSC meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on January 
28, 2003, and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on January, 29-30 2003.

ADDRESSES: The 82nd SSC meeting will be held at the Council office 
conference

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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 SSC 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.

Tuesday, January 28, 2003, 9 a.m.

1. Marine Mammals
    a. Monk seal research
    b. Monk Seal Recovery Team
2. Crustaceans Fisheries
    a. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lobster research
3. Bottomfish
    a. Guam bottomfish management
4. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands/Main Hawaiian Islands Hawaii Undersea 
Research Laboratory research

Wednesday, 17 May 2000, 8:30 a.m.

5. Pelagic Fisheries
    a. Hawaii and American Samoa third quarter longline reports for 
2002
    b. American Samoa longline observer program
    c. American Samoa limited entry program
    d. November 2002 Short-tail albatross Biological Opinion
    e. Sea turtle conservation and management
    i. November 2002 Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries Biological 
Opinion
    ii. Honolulu Lab mitigation turtle research
    iii. Southern longline area closure
    iv. Turtle population models
    v. Council and NMFS turtle projects
    vi. NMFS Technical Expert Workshop
    f. International Meetings and Issues
    i. Second International Fishers Forum
    ii. Third Preparatory Conference for the Establishment of the 
Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish 
Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific

Thursday,18 May 2000, 8:30 a.m.

6. Ecosystem and Habitat
    a. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Sanctuary
    b. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Symposium
    c. National Marine Fisheries Service Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 
Science Workshop
    d. Marine Protected Area Working Group
7. Other Business
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management 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, 808-522-8220 (voice) or 808-
522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to meeting date.

    Dated: January 8, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-637 Filed 1-10-03; 8:45 am]
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