[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 83 (Monday, May 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 22648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2068]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 042605E]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Marine Mammal Advisory Committee (MMAC) to 
discuss issues relating to the interactions of marine mammals with 
pelagic fisheries in the Hawaiian Islands.

DATES: The meeting of the MMAC will be held on May 11-12, 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; telephone: (808) 522-8220.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMAC will meet on May 11-12, 2005, at 
the Council Conference Room to discuss the following agenda items:
    1. Introductions
    2. Hawaii longline fishery, current status
    3. Spending plan to address category 1 classification of the Hawaii 
longline fishery
    4. Update on observer data records of marine mammal interactions 
with Hawaii-based longliners
    5. Statistical aspects of estimating fleet wide interactions 
between marine mammals and Hawaii-based longline vessels
    6. Studies of odontocete population size and structure in the main 
Hawaiian Islands
    7. Stock assessment reports for marine mammals in the Western 
Pacific Region
    8. Opportunistic information on False Killer Whales from the SPLASH 
program
    9. Recreational fisheries and interactions with marine mammals
    10. Longline--depredation research on toothed whales
    11. Behavioral aspects of toothed whale depredation on longlines
    12. Fleet communication strategies to avoid protected species 
interactions with longlines
    13. Other business
    14. Recommendations
    The order in which the agenda items are addressed may change. The 
MMAC will meet as late as necessary to complete scheduled business. 
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the MMAC 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: April 27, 2005.
Tracey Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-2068 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]
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