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Tuesday, May 15, 2001

G. Discussion of newly developed

fisheries-related data as they relate to

stock assessment and management

(Section 3 of the STAR Panel Report).

Requests for additional information

and/or data from working paper authors

(as necessary).

H. Discussion of MSY estimation for

squid and the SFA requirements

(Section 4 ). Requests for additional

analysis and/or data from authors (as

necessary).

Lunch

I. Discussion of management

measures including operationallypractical control rules, long-term

monitoring programs, and inseason

adjustment mechanisms (Section 5).

Requests for additional analysis and/or

data from authors (as necessary).

J. Review additional data and

analyses, as requested from working

paper authors.

Wednesday, May 16, 2001

K. Review additional data and

analyses, as requested from working

paper authors.

L. Review draft rapporteur’s report on

biology and life history findings

(Section 2).

M. Review draft rapporteur’s report

on fisheries-related data (Section 3).

N. Continue review of additional data

and analyses, as requested from working

paper authors.

O. Review draft rapporteur’s report on

MSY estimation (Section 4).

P. Review draft of rapporteur’s report

on control rules and other management

measures (Section 5).

Q. Drafting session for full STAR

Panel draft report.

Thursday, May 17, 2001

R. Drafting session for full STAR

Panel draft report– continued.

S. Discussion of research and data

needs (Section 6 of the STAR Panel

Report).

T. Review full STAR Panel draft

report.

U. Discuss procedures for completion

of the final STAR Panel report.

Adjournment

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this notice may arise

during the workshop, those issues may

not be the subject of formal action

during this meetings. Formal 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 intent to take final action

to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter

at (503) 326–6352 at least 5 days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: April 25, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–10660 Filed 4–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 041801F]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s Crustaceans Plan

Team and the 77th meeting of the

Council’s Scientific and Statistical

Committee (SSC) will hold public

meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held

between Monday, May 14, 2001, and

Thursday, May 17, 2001. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Western Pacific Fishery

Management 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:

Meeting Dates, Times, and Agendas

9–5 p.m.- Monday, May 14, 2001

The Crustaceans Plan Team will

discuss and may make

recommendations to the Council on the

agenda items shown here. The order in

which agenda items will be addressed

can change.

1. Annual report/status of the stocks

2. Status of the fishery closures

A. Court actions

B. NMFS actions

C. Executive Orders for Northwestern

Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Reserve

D. Impacts/Fishery Disaster Relief

3. NMFS plans for research and charter

cruises

4. Recommendations of Monk Seal

Recovery Team

5. Status of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS)/Biological

Opinion (BO)

6. Scope-of-Work for 5–year Review of

Fishery Management Plan (FMP)

A. Reasons for implementing

Amendment 9

B. Basic elements of Amendment 9

C. Modification since Amendment 9

D. Future considerations and needs

E. Overcapitalization study

F. Previous SSC and Council

recommendations

G. Technical Review Panel/

assessment model

7. Research priorities for lobster

fisheries

8. Other business

9–5 p.m.- Tuesday May 15, 2001

The SSC 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.

1. Precious corals fisheries

A. Gold coral growth rates and

minimum (possibly maximum) size

B. Framework adjustment regarding

the exploratory area and the

management of undiscovered sites

C. Current and future research on

precious corals

D. Refinement of Maximum

Sustainable Yield (MSY) models

E. Status of Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS)

F. Precious Corals Plan Team

recommendations

2. Crustaceans fisheries (NWHI lobsters)

A. Crustaceans Plan Team

recommendations

3. Bottomfish fisheries

A. Summary of 2000 annual report

modules and recommendations

B. Plan Team recommendations

C. Status of litigation, BO, observer

program

D. DEIS public comments (if

available)

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4. Monk seals

A. Current population trends and

factors affecting monk seal populations

B. U. S. Coast Guard Environmental

Risk Assessment

C. Recommendations of the Monk

Seal Recovery Team

D. Bottomfish/monk seal mitigation

measures

5. Observer program

A. Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.

B. Digital Observer Project

6. Proposed Oceanic Fisheries Research

Program for American Samoa

8:30–5 p.m.- Wednesday May 16, 2001

1. Pelagic fisheries

A. First quarter 2001 Hawaii and

American Samoa longline reports

B. Turtle conservation and

management

(1) Overview of litigation, EIS, BO

(2) Biological Opinion

(3) Turtle population models

i. Turtle simulation model

ii. Other models

(4) Status of turtle recovery plans

(5) Council Turtle Conservation Plan

(6) Turtle research

i. Fishing experiment

ii. Other research (biology, tagging,

US/Mexico research etc.)

C. Seabird conservation and

management

i. EIS measures and the US Fish &

Wildlife Service BO

ii. National Plan of Action

iii. Fishers Forum

iv. Underwater setting chute

D. Marine Mammal Protection Act

reclassification of Hawaii longline

fishery

E. International Management

Multilateral High Level Conference,

Inter-American Tropical Tuna

Commission, Committee on Fisheries

8:30–5 p.m.- Thursday, May 17, 2001

1. Ecosystem and Habitat

A. Ecosystem management plans

(demersal, pelagics)

B. Public/agency comments on Draft

Coral Reef Ecosystem FMP/DEIS

C. Coral Reef Ecosystem Plan Team

recommendations

2. Overfishing definitions/MSY

3. Report on Best Available Science

Workshop

4. Alternative for turtle conservation

plan

5. Other business

6. Schedule for next meeting

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before the Council for discussion, these

issues may not be the subject of formal

Council action during these meetings.

Council 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 actions

to address such emergencies.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are 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: April 23, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–10657 Filed 4–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk

Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber

Textiles and Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Taiwan

April 25, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy

Unger, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, refer to the Office of Textiles

and Apparel website at http://

otexa.ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

The current limits for certain

categories are being adjusted for swing

and carryforward used.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 65 FR 82328,

published on December 28, 2000). Also

see 66 FR 11003, published on February

21, 2001.

D. Michael Hutchinson,

Acting Chairman, Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

April 25, 2001.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on February 15, 2001, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool,

man-made fiber, silk blend and other

vegetable fiber textiles and textile products,

produced or manufactured in Taiwan and

exported during the twelve-month period

which began on January 1, 2001 and extends

through December 31, 2001.

Effective on May 1, 2001, you are directed

to adjust the current limits for the following

categories, as provided for under the terms of

the current bilateral textile agreement:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Group I

200–224, 225/317/

326, 226, 227,

229, 300/301/

607, 313–315,

360–363, 369–

L/670–L/870 1,

369–S2, 369–

O 3, 400–414,

464–469, 600–

606, 611, 613/

614/615/617,

618, 619/620,

621, 623, 624,

625/626/627/

628/629, 665,

666, 669–P4,

669–T 5, 669–

O 6, 670–H 7

and 670–O 8, as

a group.

619,934,870 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group I

225/317/326 ......... 43,221,719 square

meters.