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Alternative 8: This alternative 

combines use of seasonal closures 

(Alternative 4) and a partial closure of 

Penguin Banks (Alternative 3). 

The public is invited to assist in 

developing the scope of alternatives to 

be analyzed, and to provide other 

relevant information on the subject of 

ending overfishing of this complex. 

Dates, Times, and Locations for Public 

Scoping Meetings 

1. Hilo, HI – Monday, January 9, 2006, 

from 6–9 p.m. at the University of 

Hawaii-Hilo Campus Center, 200 W. 

Kawili St., Hilo, Hawaii 96720; 

2. Kona, HI – Tuesday, January 10, 

2006, from 6–9 p.m. at the King 

Kamehameha Hotel, 75–5660 Palani 

Rd., Kona, HI 96740; 

3. Maui, HI – Wednesday, January 11, 

2006, from 6–9 p.m. at the Maui Beach 

Hotel, 170 Kaahumanu Ave., Kahului, 

HI 96732; 

4. Oahu, HI – Thursday, January 12, 

2006, from 6–9 p.m. at the Ala Moana 

Hotel, 410 Atkinson Dr., Honolulu, HI 

96815; 

5. Kauai, HI – Friday, January 13, 

2006, from 6–9 p.m. at Chiefess 

Kamakahelei Middle School, 4431 

Nuhou St., Lihue, HI 96766. 

To receive a copy of the Draft SEIS, 

please provide your name and address 

in writing to the point of contact 

identified in this notice. An electronic 

version of the Draft SEIS, when 

completed, will also be available by 

internet at the following sites: http:// 

swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/pir or at 

www.wpcouncil.org. or 

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 five days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: November 21, 2005. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[I.D. 112205A] 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

public hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold its 130th meeting to consider and 

take action on fishery ecosystem plans 

for the Western Pacific Region. The 

Council will also hold public hearings 

throughout Hawaii the week prior to its 

130th meeting, as well as during the 

130th meeting. 

DATES: The 130th Council meeting and 

the public hearings will be held 

December 20, 2005, and December 12–

15, 2005, respectively. For specific 

dates, times and locations of the public 

hearings, and the agenda for the 130th 

Council meeting, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The 130th Council meeting 

will be held at the Council’s office, 1164 

Bishop Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 

96813. The 130th Council meeting 

telephone conference call-in-number is: 

(866)867–8289, passcode 1683776. For 

Guam and International Participants, 

the call-in-number is: (813)376–1442, 

passcode 1683776. 

The public hearings will held in Hilo, 

HI; Kailua-Kona, HI; Lihue, HI; Kahului, 

HI; and Honolulu, HI. For specific dates, 

times and locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 

telephone: (808)522–8220; FAX: 

(808)522–8226. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background Information 

The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council has recently 

initiated a shift towards ecosystem 

approaches to fisheries management by 

drafting place-based fishery ecosystem 

plans (FEPs)to amend and reorganize 

the existing species-based fishery 

management plans (FMPs). The draft 

FEPs include the: (a) American Samoa 

Archipelago FEP, (b) Hawaii 

Archipelago FEP, (c) Mariana 

Archipelago FEP, (d) Pacific Pelagic 

FEP, and e) Pacific Remote Island Areas 

FEP. 

Recognizing that implementation of a 

successful ecosystem approach to 

fisheries management will require 

incremental steps as well as broad 

public and governmental agency 

collaboration, these FEPs lay the 

institutional framework on which 

further fisheries ecosystem management 

measures will be built. Pending final 

action by the Council and the approval 

of the FEPs by the Secretary of 

Commerce, the current FMP regulations 

will be reorganized and consolidated 

into place-based regulations specific to 

each FEP area however, no substantive 

changes to current regulations will 

occur at this reorganization stage. 

In October and November 2005, 

public hearings on the draft FEPs were 

conducted throughout the Western 

Pacific Region in the following areas: 

Tutuila, AS; Saipan, CNMI; Tinian, 

CNMI; Rota, CNMI; Honolulu, HI; and 

Tumon Bay, GU. At the 129th Council 

meeting held November 8–11, 2005, in 

Tumon Bay, Guam, the Council 

recommended to tentatively adopt the 

draft FEPs and to consider final 

approval at the next Council meeting. 

130th Council Meeting Agenda 

Tuesday December 20, 2005, 12 noon 

Hawaii Standard Time 

1. Introductions 

2. Approval of Agenda 

3. Western Pacific Fishery Ecosystem 

Plans 

A. Final Action on FEP Objectives 

B. Final Action on FEP Boundaries 

C. Final Action FEP Management Unit 

Species designations 

D. Final Action on Structure of 

Council Advisory Bodies 

E. Final Action on Regional and 

International Coordination and 

Community Participation 

4. Public Hearing 

5. Council Discussion and Action 

6. Update on Hawaii Bottomfish 

Overfishing 

7. Other Business 

Dates, Times, and Locations of Public 

Hearings 

(1) Hilo, HI – Monday, December 12, 

2005, from 6–9 p.m. at the University of 

Hawaii-Hilo Campus Center, 200 W. 

Kawili St., Hilo, HI 96720; 

(2) Kailua-Kona, HI – Tuesday, 

December 13, 2005, from 6–9 p.m. at the 

King Kamehameha Hotel, 75–5660 

Palani Rd., Kona, HI 96740; 

(3) Kauai, HI – Wednesday, December 

14, 2005, from 6–9 p.m. at Chiefess 

Kamakahelei Middle School, 4431 

Nuhou St., Lihue, HI 96766. 

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(4) Maui, HI – Thursday, December 

15, 2005, from 6–9 p.m. at the Maui 

Beach Hotel, 170 Kaahumanu Ave., 

Kahului, HI 96732; 

(5) Oahu, HI – Tuesday, December 20, 

2005, at 12 noon at the 130th Council 

meeting at the Council’s office, 1164 

Bishop St., Ste. 1400, Honolulu, HI 

96813; 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before the Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

Council action during its 130th meeting. 

Council action will be restricted to those 

issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issue arising after 

publication of this document that 

requires 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 

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 the meeting 

date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: November 22, 2005. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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