96-24247. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 185 (Monday, September 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49734-49735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24247]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 091696E]


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 Crustacean Plan Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 21, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m.

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. Report on the 1996 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lobster 
fishery, including possible highgrading, misreporting, Vessel 
Monitoring System reporting of data, and enforcement concerns;
    2. Consider whether to add information on the Hawaii deepwater 
shrimp fishery to the annual report, and consider possible management 
needs;
    3. Report on the 1996 summer lobster research cruise; and
    4. 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

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Kitty M. Simonds, 808-522-8220 (voice) or 808-522-8226 (fax), at least 
5 days prior to meeting date.

    Dated: September 16, 1996.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-24247 Filed 9-20-96; 8:45 am]
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