96-15833. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 121 (Friday, June 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 31925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15833]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 061796B]
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 joint meeting of its Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Plan
Team, Hawaii Bottomfish Advisory Panel, and Bottomfish Advisory Review
Board.
DATES: The meeting will be held on July 17-18, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Executive Center, 1088
Bishop St., Room 4003, Honolulu, Hawaii; telephone: (808) 539-3000.
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 808-522-8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plan team will discuss and may make
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
1. Review final draft of 1995 annual report;
2. Progress and/or constraints with specific report
recommendations;
3. Limited entry alternatives for the Mau Zone and moratorium on
new entry for the Mau Zone in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI),
including report from task force;
4. Preliminary management plan for Main Hawaiian Island (MHI) onaga
and ehu stocks, including a review the 1995 analyses and results that
indicated ``red light'' conditions for their accuracy and
representativeness;
5. Consider options for increasing participation in Hoomalu zone
fishery in the NWHI;
6. Final draft FMP milestone (1997-1999)
7. Status of Department of Land and Natural Resources progress with
management plan for overfished MHI onaga and ehu;
8. Council's preliminary management plan for onaga and ehu; and
9. 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: June 17, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-15833 Filed 6-20-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 06/21/1996
- Department:
- Commerce Department
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice of public meeting.
- Document Number:
- 96-15833
- Dates:
- The meeting will be held on July 17-18, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., each day.
- Pages:
- 31925-31925 (1 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- I.D. 061796B
- PDF File:
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96-15833.pdf