[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25866]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092499O]
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Fall 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 Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT will hold
its annual fall meeting on October 24-26, 1999.
DATES: The open sessions will be held on October 24, 1999, from 12:15
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and October 25, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Closed sessions will be held on October 25, 1999, from 2:00 p.m. to
6:30 p.m. and on October 26, 1999, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Written
comments should be received no later than October 20, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 8777 Georgia
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. Written comments should be sent to Kim
Blankenbeker, Executive Secretary to the Advisory Committee, NOAA -
Fisheries/SF4, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick E. Moran, (301) 713-2276.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section
to ICCAT will meet in two open sessions to consider information on
stock status of highly migratory species and 1999 management
recommendations of ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and
Statistics. Also in the open sessions, the Advisory Committee will
review the results of recent meetings including: ICCAT working group
meetings on allocation criteria, the precautionary approach, and
bycatch; Advisory Committee regional meetings; and the Committee's 1999
minimum size workshop. The Committee will also discuss other ICCAT-
related activities. Furthermore, the Committee will review the
implementation of 1998 and prior ICCAT recommendations and resolutions
and will receive an overview of implementation of recommendations for
research and management resulting from its Spring 1999 Species Working
Group meeting. Both sessions will be open to the public; however, the
October 24, 1999, session will be the only opportunity for public
comment. Written comments are encouraged and, if mailed, should be
received by October 20, 1999 (see ADDRESSES). Written comments can also
be submitted during the open sessions of the Advisory Committee
meeting.
The Advisory Committee will go into executive session for the
afternoon session of October 25, 1999, and for the entire October 26
session to discuss sensitive information. These sessions are not open
to the public.
The public is reminded that NMFS expects members of the public to
conduct themselves appropriately for the duration of the meeting. At
the beginning of the public comment session, an appropriate
representative will explain the ground rules (e.g., alcohol in the
meeting room is prohibited, attendees will be called to give their
comments in the order in which they registered to speak, each attendee
will have an equal amount of time to speak, and attendees should not
interrupt one another). The appropriate representative will attempt to
structure the session so that all attending members of the public are
able to comment, if they so choose, regardless of the degree of
controversy of the subject(s). Attendees are expected to respect the
ground rules, and if they do not, they will be asked to leave the
meeting.
Special Accommodations
The meeting locations are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Patrick E. Moran at (301) 713-2276
at least 7 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: September 30, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-25866 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]
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