[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16708-16709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8469]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 032999C]


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Council (Council) will hold public 
meetings of its Bottomfish Advisory Panel (BAP) and Bottomfish Plan 
Team (BPT) in Honolulu, HI.

DATES: The BAP meeting will be held on April 21-22, 1999, from 8:30 
a.m. to

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5:00 p.m. each day. The BPT meeting will be held on April 28-29, 1999, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held at the Council office conference 
room, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808-522-
8220).
    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: 808-522-8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BAP will discuss and may make 
recommendations to the Council on the agenda items below. The order in 
which agenda items will be addressed can change.

8:30 am Wednesday, April 21, 1999

    1. Status of Northwestern Hawaiian Island (NWHI) and Main Hawaiian 
Islands (MHI) bottomfish management systems
    A. Genetic research on onaga, ehu & hapuupuu stocks
    B. Status of State's MHI management program (including enforcement 
and adequacy of closed areas)
    2. Other concerns from the Region
    A. Possible limited entry/closed areas in Northern Mariana Islands
    B. Night scuba spear fishing in Guam
    C. Other areas
    3. Status of annual report recommendations (American Samoa, Guam, 
Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Region-wide)

8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 22, 1999

    4. Status of amendment addressing Sustainable Fishery Act (SFA) 
provisions
    5. Council's Program Planning document
    6. Comprehensive Data Amendment
    7. Other business
    8. Summary of Panel's recommendations
    The BPT will discuss and may make recommendations to the Council on 
the agenda items below. The order in which agenda items will be 
addressed can change.

8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, 1999

    1. Improvements to annual report modules
    A. Progress with previous recommendations
    B. Suggestions for further improvements
    2. 1998 annual report modules (status of fishery and area 
recommendations; American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana 
Islands)
    3. 1998 annual report region-wide recommendations
    A. Progress/status of previous year's recommendations
    B. Development of new or repeat recommendations

8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 29, 1999

    4. Status of amendment addressing SFA provisions
    A. Bycatch
    B. Overfishing
    5. Addition of Bottomfish Management Unit Species (BMUS)
    6. Status of NWHI bottomfish management system
    A. Mau Zone limited entry amendment
    7. MHI bottomfish management
    A. Genetic stock structure of onaga & ehu
    B. Genetic research needs for hapuupuu
    C. Status of State's MHI management program (including enforcement 
and adequacy of closed areas)
    8. Council's Program Planning document
    9. Comprehensive Data Amendment
    10. Recommendations of the Bottomfish Advisory Panel
    11. Other business, and
    12. Summary of Plan Team recommendations.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically listed in this notice.

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: March 30, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-8469 Filed 4-5-99; 8:45 am]
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