[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 7445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3210]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XU48


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 American Samoa and Hawaii Archipelagic Fishery 
Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Plan Teams to discuss potential management 
measures for non-commercial fishing in the Rose Atoll Marine National 
Monument and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, 
respectively.

DATES: The American Samoa FEP Plan Team meeting will be held on Monday, 
March 8, 2010, from 2-4 p.m. HST. The Hawaii FEP Plan Team meeting will 
be held March 9, 2010, from 1-3 p.m. HST.

ADDRESSES: The American Samoa meeting will be held at the American 
Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources Building, Pago Pago, 
AS 96799: telephone: (684) 633-4456.
    The Hawaii 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 agenda for the American Samoa FEP Plan 
Team meeting will focus primarily on one issue: non-commercial fishing 
in the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument as prescribed in 
Presidential Proclamation 8337 (January 6, 2009). The agenda for the 
Hawaii FEP Plan Team meeting will also only consider primarily one 
issue: non-commercial fishing in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine 
National Monument as prescribed in Presidential Proclamation 8336 
(January 6, 2009). Interested parties who are unable to attend in 
person will be able to participate via teleconference using the 
Council's teleconferencing facility (1-888-482-3560, pass code 
5228220). The plan teams will meet as late as necessary to complete 
scheduled business.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the plan teams for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during these meetings. Plan Team action will 
be limited to issues regarding non-commercial fishing in the Rose Atoll 
Marine National Monument and the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National 
Monument, respectively.

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 16, 2010.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-3210 Filed 2-18-10; 8:45 am]
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