32774 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 25, 1996 / Notices

12974. A Notice of Determination to

close meetings or portions of meetings

of the Council to the public on the basis

of 5 U.S.C. 5522b(c)(1) has been

approved in accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. A

copy of the notice is available for public

inspection and copying in the Central

Reference and Records Inspection

Facility, Room 6204, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 202–482–4115.

DATES: July 1, 1996.

TIME: 2:00 P.M.–3:30 P.M.; Closed

Meeting. 3:30 P.M.–4:00 P.M.; Open

Meeting.

ADDRESSES: The Secretary’s Conference

Room, Room 5851, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

This program is physically accessible to

people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Linda Breslau, President’s Export

Council, Room 2015B, Washington DC

20230. Seating is limited and will be on

a first come, first serve basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sylvia Prosak or Linda Breslau,

President’s Export Council, Room

2015B, Washington D.C. 20230.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

Sylvia Lino Prosak,

Staff Director and Executive Secretary,

President’s Export Council.

[FR Doc. 96–16175 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 021095B]

Atlantic Striped Bass Fishery; 1994

Survey of Atlantic Striped Bass

Fisheries

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the

availability, and summarizes the results,

of a survey of the Atlantic coast striped

bass fisheries for 1994. The Atlantic

Striped Bass Conservation Act (Act),

requires NMFS to provide information

on the status of the fisheries.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the survey results

are available from Paul Perra, NOAA/

NMFS/FCM3, 1315 East-West Highway,

Room 14837 Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Perra, (301) 713–2339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Act requires the Secretary of

Commerce, and the Secretary of the

Interior, to conduct a comprehensive

annual survey of the Atlantic striped

bass fisheries. The following is a

summary of the survey for 1994.

Management measures severely

restricting the harvest of striped bass by

commercial and recreational fisheries

remained in place during 1994, as the

stocks continue to rebuild.

The 1994 commercial harvest of

striped bass was 1,923,000 lb (872.3 mt),

an increase of 13.6 percent above the

landings of 1,695,000 lb in 1993. The

Chesapeake Bay area (Maryland,

Virginia, and the Potomac River)

accounted for 72 percent of the 1994

commercial landings.

The recreational catch in 1994 was an

estimated 8.1 million striped bass, of

which 591,000 were harvested (7.3

percent of the catch); the remaining 7.5

million were released alive. The

estimated weight of the recreational

harvest was 6.9 million lb (3,125 mt),

about three and one half times that of

the commercial harvest.

Juvenile production in 1994 was

lower than in 1993, but remained at

levels well above the long term averages

for Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia.

The Delaware production index of 2.3,

while not higher than the long term

average, was higher than any available

annual index recorded prior to 1989.

Information from sampling the

population of striped bass shows an

increased relative abundance from

recent year classes. Copies of the survey

are available upon request (see

ADDRESSES).

Dated: June 19, 1996.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 96–16081 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

Notice of Withdrawal of the Waimanu

Valley National Estuarine Research

Reserve From the National Estuarine

Research Reserve System

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Public notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Waimanu Valley National Estuarine

Research Reserve (NERR) is withdrawn

from the NERR System, established by

section 315 of the Coastal Zone

Management Act of 1972, as amended.

The Waimanu Valley NERR, located on

the windward side of the Island of

Hawaii, was designated in 1978 as the

second NERR in the system. Serious

budget cuts within the State have

hindered efforts to adequately staff the

Waimanu Valley NERR and complete a

site management plan, which are

required by the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to

be in compliance with regulations

governing the NERR System. In

addition, the remoteness and relative

inaccessibility of the Waimanu Valley

NERR, and the inability of the State of

Hawaii to secure adequate protection of

200 acres of property in the WVNERR

due to ownership by the Department of

Hawaiian Homelands, renders the

Waimanu Valley NERR unable to meet

the research, education, and

management purposes of the NERR

System. After much effort to seek

alternatives to withdrawal from the

NERR System, both the State of Hawaii

and NOAA agree that the only feasible

solution at this time is to withdraw the

Waimanu Valley NERR from the NERR

System.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nina Garfield, NOAA/NOS/OCRM/SRD,

1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4 12th

Floor, Silver Spring, MD. 20910; Phone

(301) 713–3141, ext. 171.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number

11.420 (Coastal Zone Management) Estuarine

Sanctuaries.

Dated: June 12, 1996.

David L. Evans

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

[FR Doc. 96–15960 Filed 6–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

[I.D. 061196B]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit (P466B)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for a

scientific research permit (P5I).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

Scott D. Kraus, New England Aquarium,

Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110–3309,

has applied in due form for a permit to

conduct scientific research on North

Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena

glacialis).

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before July 25, 1996.