[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18054-18055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-762]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 032204D]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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 Management Council (Council) will 
hold meetings of its Pelagics Plan Team (PPT) and its Bottomfish Plan 
Team (BPT) in Honolulu, HI to discuss fishery issues and develop 
recommendations for future management.

DATES: The meeting of the PPT will be held on April 27-29, 2004 and BPT 
meeting on May 4-6, 2004. Both meetings will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Council Office Conference 
Room, Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164 Bishop St., 
Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813; telephone: 808-522-8220.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PPT will meet on April 27-29, 2004, at 
the Council Conference Room to discuss the following agenda items:

Tuesday, April 27, 2004, 8:30 a.m.

1. Introduction
2. Annual Report review
    a. Review 2002 Annual Report modules and recommendations
    b. 2002 Annual Report region-wide recommendations

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Wednesday and Thursday, April 28-29, 2004, 8:30 a.m.

3. Format of the Recreational Module and other annual report changes
4. Blue marlin catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) analysis
5. Localized depletions of pelagic stocks
6. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA) 
National Standard 1 revisions
7. Planned NOAA-Fisheries longline fishery research in American Samoa
8. Private fish aggregating devices (FADs) in Hawaii
9. Other business
    The BPT will meet on May 4-6, 2004, at the Council Conference Room 
to discuss the following agenda items:

Tuesday, May 4, 2004, 8:30 a.m.

1. Introduction
2. Annual Report review
    a. Review 2002 Annual Report modules and recommendations
    b. 2002 Annual Report region-wide recommendations

Wednesday, May 5, 2004, 8:30 a.m.

3. Overfishing control rule
    a. Report on Dunedin Deep-slope fishery Workshop
    b. Status of new control rules
    c. Report on Stock Assessment Workshop and review of 
Recommendations
    d. Federal fishery data collection program
4. Archepelagic Ecosystem-based management plan
5. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) bottomfish 
fishery management

Thursday, May 6, 2004, 8:30 a.m.

6. Hawaii Bottomfish management
a. National Ocean Service (NOS) Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) 
Sanctuary Designation Process
    b. NWHI bottomfish observer coverage
    c. Status of State of Hawaii Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) bottomfish 
program
7. Essential Fish Habitat and Habitat of Particular Concern
8. Program Planning
    a. Council 3-5 year plan
    b. Regional Strategic Plan
9. Other Business
    The order in which the agenda items are addressed may change. The 
PPT and BPT will meet as late as necessary to complete scheduled 
business.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the PPT and BPT for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during these meetings. Plan Team action will 
be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and 
any issue arising after publication of this document that requires 
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

    These meetings are 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 the meeting 
date.

    Dated: March 31, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-762 Filed 4-5-04; 8:45 am]
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