[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7742-7743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2013]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020806G]


Western Pacific Regional 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 91st meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery 
Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will convene Tuesday, February 28, 2006, through Thursday March 
2, 2006(see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific times, dates, and 
agenda items).

DATES: The SSC meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 
Tuesday,

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February 28, 2006, through Thursday March 2, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The SSC meeting will be held at the Council Office 
Conference Room, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI; telephone: 
(808) 522-8220.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda for SSC Meeting

8:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 28, 2006
    1. Introductions
    2. Approval of Draft Agenda and Assignment of Rapporteurs
    3. Approval of the Minutes of the 90th Meeting
    4. 2005 Status of Stocks Report to Congress
    5. Insular Fisheries
    A. Bottomfish Management
    1. MHI Bottomfish Overfishing Alternatives (FINAL ACTION)
    2. Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center Report on Hawaii 
Bottomfish
    3. The Ocean Conservancy Hawaii Bottomfish Assessment
    4. Assessment of Existing and Designation of New State of Hawaii 
Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas
    5. Report on Bottomfish Remote Camera Studies
    6. Plan Team Report and Recommendations
    B. Precious Corals
    1. Black Coral Workshop Plan
    C. Public Comment
    D. Discussion and Recommendations
    6. Ecosystem and Habitat
    A. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Fishing Regulations
    B. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Report on NWHI research
    C. Hawaii Ta pe Feeding Study
    D. Hawaii Parrotfish Study
    E. Ecosystem Social Science Workshop Report
    F. Public Comment
    G. Discussion and Recommendations
8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2006
    7. Protected Species
    A. Observer Program Data and Science
    B. Public Comment
    C. Discussion and Recommendations
    8. Pelagics Fisheries
    A. International Fisheries Management
    1. Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Resolutions
    a. Bigeye Tuna/Yellowfin Tuna Conservation
    b. Northern and Southern Albacore Conservation
    c. Bycatch Measures
    B. Annual Report Restructuring
    C. Update on Hawaii Offshore Handline Fishery Issues
    D. American Samoa and Hawaii Longline Fisheries 2005 Reports
    E. Preliminary Report on Shallow-Setting Regulations
    F. Public Comment
    G. Discussion and Recommendations
8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 2, 2006
    8. Other Business
    A. MSA Reauthorisation
    B. New SSC Members
    C. 92nd SSC meeting
    9. Summary of SSC Recommendations to the Council

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.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: February 9, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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