[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34286]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 121798A]
Western Pacific 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 Western Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold a
meeting of its Precious Corals Plan Team.
DATES: The meeting will be held on January 12, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. to
noon.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Laboratory, 2570 Dole
Street, Room 112, Honolulu, HI; telephone: 808-983-5300.
Council address: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164
Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: 808-522-8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Precious Corals Plan Team will discuss
possible adjustments in established management measures, including
modifying the harvest quota for gold coral, implementing a minimum size
limit for black coral, restricting the areas where the use of non-
selective gear is allowed, designating the newly discovered bed near
French Frigate Shoals as a Conditional Bed, revising the boundaries of
Makapu'u bed and Brooks Banks bed and adjusting the harvest quotas for
those two beds and revising data reporting requirements.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
this team for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of
formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those
issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.
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 meeting date.
Dated: December 21, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-34286 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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