57318 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 185 / Friday, September 22, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 091800B]

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.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council will convene its

75th meeting of the Scientific and

Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will be held

October 10-12, 2000. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Council office conference room,

1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu,

Hawaii; 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 SSC

will discuss and may make

recommendations to the Council on the

agenda items here. The order in which

agenda items will be addressed can

change.

Tuesday, October 10, 2000, from 9 to 5

p.m.

1. Precious corals fishery

A. Status of 1999 framework

adjustment regarding new harvesting

requirements

B. Status of 2000 framework

adjustment regarding Hawaiian Islands

exploratory area quota increase

C. Process of defining new beds

D. September Northwestern Hawaiian

Islands (NWHI) research surveys

E. Precious Corals Plan Team/

Advisory Panel recommendations

F. Review of Precious Corals

Environmental Impact Statement(EIS)

2. Crustaceans Fishery Management

Plan (FMP) issues

A. Status of research and stock

assessment activities and plans

B. Plans for experimental fishery in

NWHI

C. 5-Year review of Amendment 9

D. Status of litigation

E. Overcapitalization of the NWHI

fishery

F. Review of the Crustaceans EIS

3. Bottomfish FMP issues

A. Status of litigation/observer

program

B. Review of Bottomfish EIS

Wednesday, October 11, 2000, from

8:30 to 5 p.m.

1. Pelagic FMP issues

A. 2nd quarter 2000 Hawaii and

American Samoa longline fishery report

B. American Samoan framework

measure

C. Recreational fisheries

(i) Marine Recreational Fishing

Statistical Survey

D. Shark management

(i) Blue shark stock assessment

(ii) Status of amendment 9

E. Seabird management

(i) Status of framework measures/

biological opinion on Short-tail

albatross

F. Turtle management

(i) Ongoing litigation

(ii) Draft EIS

(iii) Turtle Mitigation Working Group

G. NMFS overfishing/Maximum

Sustainable Yield workshop

H. Transition Zone Chlorophyl Front

I. Pelagics research/ecological

simulation model

J. Pelagics FMP 5-year review: Termsof-reference

K. Palmyra Atoll- recreational/

longline/handline area closures

L. International:

(i) Outcome of Multilateral High Level

Conference 7

(ii) Standing Committee on Tuna and

Billfish 13

(iii) Food & Agricultural Organization

consultation on illegal, unreported and

unregulated fishing

M. Other issues

Thursday, October 12, 2000, from 8:30

to 5 p.m.

1. Ecosystem and Habitat

A. Draft Coral Reef Ecosystem FMP

draft EIS

(i) Summary

(ii) Review of (initial) public

comments

B. President’s vision for NWHI coral

reefs

(i) Department of Commerce/

Department of the Interior

recommendations

(ii) President’s action

C. Other issues

2. Other business

A. Status of Congressional legislation

B. Magnuson-Stevens Act legislation

C. Draft amendments to add fisheries

off the Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands and the Pacific Remote

Island Areas (PRIA) to FMPs

D. Sustainable Fisheries Act

overfishing amendments to FMPs

E. Status of bioprospecting operations

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council for discussion, in

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, those issues may not be the subject

of formal Council action during this

meeting. Action will be restricted to

those issues specifically listed in this

notice and any issues arising after

publication of this notice that require

emergency action under section 305(c)

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

provided the public has been notified of

the Council’s intent to take final action

to address the emergency.

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 the meeting date.

Dated: September 18, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 091100H]

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for

amendment and request for emergency

relocation of Hawaiian monk seals.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Southwest Fisheries Science Center,

Honolulu Laboratory, NMFS, 2570 Dole

Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2396,

has requested an amendment to

scientific research Permit No. 848-1335

to allow for the emergency relocation of

two Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus

schauinslandi) pups.

ADDRESSES: The amendment request

and related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713-2289);