[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 54649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2129]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 083104I]


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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY:  The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a one day meeting of its Pelagics Plan Team (PPT) in Honolulu, HI 
to discuss fishery issues and develop recommendations for future 
management.

DATES:  The meeting of the PPT will be held on September 29, 2004 from 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting 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 at 8.30 a.m. on September 
29, 2004, at the Council Conference Room to discuss the following 
agenda items:
    1. Introduction
    2. Stock assessments for yellowfin and bigeye tunas from the 17th 
Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish
    3. Fishery management options for Pacific bigeye and yellowfin 
tunas
    4. Importation of cold-smoke (Carbon monoxide)-treated tuna to 
Hawaii
    5. Jointly coordinated fishing experiments between Japan and 
Hawaii-based to test sea turtle and seabird mitigation measures.
    6. Other business
    The order in which the agenda items are addressed may change. The 
PPT will meet as late as necessary to complete scheduled business.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the PPT 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

    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 the meeting date.

    Dated: September 3, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-2129 Filed 9-8-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-S