[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3998]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020999E]
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 March 9, 1999, from 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m.
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, applying the size limit for pink coral to all
established and conditional beds, 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 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
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not the
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted
to those issues specifically 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: February 11, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-3998 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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