97-17917. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36776-36777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17917]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 063097E]
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's (Council)
Pelagics Plan Team (PT) and Hawaii and American Samoa Pelagics Advisory
Panel (AP) members will hold a joint meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held July 30-31, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel, Ilima Room,
410 Atkinson Drive, Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 955 4811.
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 joint PT/AP will discuss and may make
recommendations to the Council on the following agenda items:
1. Bycatch in the Hawaii-based longline fishery (turtles, sharks,
albatross);
2. Revisions to the Pelagic Fisheries Management Plan and
amendments arising from the re-authorization of the Magnuson Act;
3. Management issues for the emergent longline fishery in American
Samoa;
4. Pelagic small boat working groups in American Samoa and Northern
Mariana Islands
5. Pelagic fisheries and marine mammal interactions;
6. Hawaii akule and opelu fisheries;
7. Second multilateral high level conference on management of tuna
in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean; and
8. Other business as required.
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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: July 1, 1997.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-17917 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 07/09/1997
- Department:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice of public meeting.
- Document Number:
- 97-17917
- Dates:
- The meeting will be held July 30-31, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., each day.
- Pages:
- 36776-36777 (2 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- I.D. 063097E
- PDF File:
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97-17917.pdf