Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 121 / Friday, June 21, 1996 / Notices 31925

July 16

8:00 a.m. –12:00 noon—Convene the

Mackerel Management Committee.

1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Reef Fish Management Committee.

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Anne Alford at the

Council (see ADDRESSES) by July 8, 1996.

Dated: June 17, 1996.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 96–15832 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary Advisory Council Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserve

Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Advisory Council was

established in December 1993 to advise

NOAA’s Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division regarding the management of

the Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary. The Advisory Council was

convened under the National Marine

Sanctuaries Act.

TIME AND PLACE: Friday, June 28, 1996

from 9:30 until 4:00 at the Cambria

Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Drive,

Cambria, California.

AGENDA: General issues related to the

Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary are expected to be discussed,

including an update from the Sanctuary

Manager; reports from the working

groups; presentations on the Cambria

desalination plant, elephant seal

management plan, and Morro Bay

Estuary Foundation; reviews of the

Advisory Council’s annual report; and a

report on management programs for the

northern region of the Sanctuary.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to the public. Seats will be

available on a first-come, first-served

basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

Delay at (404) 647–4246 or Elizabeth

Moore at (301) 713–3141.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Dated: June 12, 1996.

David L. Evans,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

[FR Doc. 96–15796 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 061796B]

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 (Council) will

hold a joint meeting of its Bottomfish

and Seamount Groundfish Plan Team,

Hawaii Bottomfish Advisory Panel, and

Bottomfish Advisory Review Board.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

17–18, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Executive Center, 1088 Bishop St.,

Room 4003, Honolulu, Hawaii;

telephone: (808) 539–3000. Council

address: Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 1164 Bishop St.,

Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI, 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone 808–522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plan

team will discuss and may make

recommendations to the Council on the

following agenda items:

1. Review final draft of 1995 annual

report;

2. Progress and/or constraints with

specific report recommendations;

3. Limited entry alternatives for the

Mau Zone and moratorium on new

entry for the Mau Zone in the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI),

including report from task force;

4. Preliminary management plan for

Main Hawaiian Island (MHI) onaga and

ehu stocks, including a review the 1995

analyses and results that indicated ‘‘red

light’’ conditions for their accuracy and

representativeness;

5. Consider options for increasing

participation in Hoomalu zone fishery

in the NWHI;

6. Final draft FMP milestone (1997–

1999)

7. Status of Department of Land and

Natural Resources progress with

management plan for overfished MHI

onaga and ehu;

8. Council’s preliminary management

plan for onaga and ehu; and

9. Other business as required.

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: June 17, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–15833 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 061796A]

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 (Council) will

hold a meeting of its Pelagics Plan

Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

10–11, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Executive Center, 1088 Bishop St.,

Room 4003, Honolulu, Hawaii;

telephone: (808) 539–3000. Council

address: Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 1164 Bishop St.,

Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI, 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone 808–522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plan

team will discuss and may make

recommendations to the Council on the

following agenda items:

1. Review final draft of 1995 annual

report;

2. Pacific-wide reporting of catch and

effort, including:

a) development of objectives and

procedures for treatment of data, (b)

define the scope, type, and extent of

data needed,

(c) determine where and how to

access data, and (d) control date;

3. Final draft of Fishery Management

Plan Milestone (1997–1999);

4. Inclusion of Main Hawaiian Island

handline fishery into the 1996 annual

report and review the status of the

fishery for management options;

5. Update on bycatch issues (turtles,

albatross, sharks);