[Federal Register: December 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 248)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 121798A]

 
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.

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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold a 
meeting of its Precious Corals Plan Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on January 12, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. to 
noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Laboratory, 2570 Dole 
Street, Room 112, Honolulu, HI; telephone: 808-983-5300.
    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 Precious Corals Plan Team will discuss 
possible adjustments in established management measures, including 
modifying the harvest quota for gold coral, implementing a minimum size 
limit for black coral, restricting the areas where the use of non-
selective gear is allowed, designating the newly discovered bed near 
French Frigate Shoals as a Conditional Bed, revising the boundaries of 
Makapu'u bed and Brooks Banks bed and adjusting the harvest quotas for 
those two beds and revising data reporting requirements.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this team for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those 
issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

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: December 21, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-34286 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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