[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 17 (Thursday, January 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3908-3909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1460]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011805F]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Pelagics Plan Team; 
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(Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Pelagics Plan Team (PPT) to discuss overfishing 
of Pacific bigeye tuna and to develop recommendations for future

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management. The agenda for the meeting can be found under the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 10, 2005, 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; phone: 808-522-8220.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PPT will meet to discuss the following 
agenda items:
    1. Introduction
    2. First meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fishery 
Management Commission
    3. Fishery management options for Pacific bigeye and yellowfin 
tunas:
     a. International fisheries
     b. Domestic fisheries
    4. Bigeye quota for the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean
    5. Other business
    The order in which the agenda items are addressed may change.
    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. PPT 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

    The meeting locations 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 five days prior to the meeting 
date.

    Dated: January 21, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-1460 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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