97-23562. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23562]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082997A]


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: Staff of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council 
(Council) will hold a meeting to discuss eligibility criteria for 
communities under a Western Pacific Community Development Program.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 22, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. 
to 12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Council office, 1164 Bishop 
St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI; telephone: [phone].
    Council address: Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1164 
Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 
telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Council staff will hold a meeting to discuss 
elgibility criteria for communities seeking to participate in a Western 
Pacific Community Development Program. The authority to establish a 
Community Development Program was provided by the 1996 Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The intent of the program is 
to increase the benefits that the indigenous peoples of Hawaii, 
American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands receive from 
fisheries within the jurisdiction of the Council.

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: August 29, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-23562 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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