96-24249. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 185 (Monday, September 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49735]
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[FR Doc No: 96-24249]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 091696D]


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 Pelagics Plan Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 16-17, 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. Draft amendment for the collection of pelagic data from U.S. 
domestic fisheries in the Pacific;
    2. Plan for control date for all domestic Pacific pelagic 
fisheries;
    3. Denial of single-council designation request;
    4. Bycatch issues (turtles, albatross, sharks);
    5. Progress and/or constraints with specific recommendations in the 
1995 Annual Report;
    6. Status of research programs; and
    7. 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: September 16, 1996.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-24249 Filed 9-20-96; 8:45 am]
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