Meetings: Pacific Fishery Management Council,

[Federal Register: December 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 247)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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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 Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Policy Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Tuna Foundation, One Tuna Lane, San Diego, CA.

Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW. Fifth Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry Six, Executive Director; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to prepare Council recommendations for the next session of the Multilateral High Level conference on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central pacific to be held February 10- 19, 1999 in Honolulu, HI.

Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before this Committee for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda as listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. John Rhoton at (503) 326-6352 at least 5 days prior to the work session date.

Dated: December 18, 1998. Bruce C. Morehead, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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