97-2592. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2592]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 012797B]


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 Pacific Insular Area Fishery Agreement Working Group.

DATES: The meeting will be held on 21 February 1997, from 8:30 am to 
4:00 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel, 410 
Atkinson Drive, Honolulu, HI; telephone: [phone].
    Council address: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164 
Bishop Street, Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI, 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 
telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pacific Insular Area Fishery Agreement 
Working Group will hold a meeting to discuss the process of developing 
and implementing fishery agreements allowing foreign fishing within the 
200-mile Exclusive Economic Zones of Guam, American Samoa and the 
Northern Mariana Islands. The Working Group plans to discuss the 
development of marine conservation plans, content of fishery 
agreements, determination of the Total Allowable Level of Foreign 
Fishing, determination of fishing fees, foreign fishing vessel permits, 
enforcement, timing of agreement process and consider other issues as 
required.

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: January 28, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-2592 Filed 1-31-97; 8:45 am]
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