96-5572. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5572]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030496B]


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 (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Plan Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 27 and 28, 1996, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Executive Center, 1088 
Bishop St., Room 4003, Honolulu, HI; telephone: [phone].
    Council address: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164 
Bishop St., Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI, 96813.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plan team will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
    1. 1995 annual report (including recommendations from American 
Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Hawaii and region-wide; 
improvement and standardization of models);
    2. Status of Department of Land and Natural Resources progress with 
management plan for overfished Main Hawaiian Island onaga and ehu;
    3. Reconsideration of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands management 
system (including biological and economic reviews);
    4. Bottomfish Fishery Management Plan Milestones (1997-1999); and
    5. Other business 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: March 5, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-5572 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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