[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-17263]
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[Federal Register: July 15, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 070794C]
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; 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) and
its standing committees will hold meetings on August 3-5, 1994, at the
Royal Kona Resort, 75-5852 Alii Drive, Kailua-Kona, HI; telephone:
(800) 774-5662. The meetings will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 5:00
p.m. each day. Standing Committees will meet in the Resolution Room on
August 3, and the full Council will meet in the Alii Surf Room on
August 4-5.
The Council will discuss, and may take action on, the following
topics:
(1) Activities of scientific, management, and enforcement agencies;
(2) NMFS biological opinion regarding turtles and longlines;
(3) Draft regulations for Hawaii humpback whale national marine
sanctuary;
(4) Pelagic fisheries research and management, including NMFS
longline observer program; Council request for designation as the lead
Council for management of Pacific pelagic species, Hawaii fishing
industry and vessel economics project, economic characteristics of the
Hawaii charterboat fishery; 1993 annual report and recommendations;
(5) Bottomfish fishery research and management, including
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) catch reporting system, State of
Hawaii management of Main Hawaiian Islands bottomfish, 1993 annual
report and recommendations;
(6) Crustacean fishery research and management, including status of
stocks, fishery prospects and quota for the 1994 NWHI lobster season;
(7) Native fishing rights;
(8) Joint Interior-Commerce working group to review Federal fishery
policy in the Pacific;
(9) Federal definition of recreational/commercial fishermen;
(10) Magnuson Act reauthorization;
(11) Western Pacific Fisheries Information Network funding;
(12) Possible changes to Statement of Organization, Practices, and
Procedures related to conflict of interest;
(13) Administrative matters; and
(14) Other business as required.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director,
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, 1164 Bishop
Street, Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI 96813; telephone: (808) 522-8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, telephone
(voice only) (808) 522-8220, at least 10 days prior to the meeting
date.
Dated: July 8, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-17263 Filed 7-14-94; 8:45 am]
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