[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4136]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020999A]
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Spring
Species Working Group 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 announces
its spring meeting with its Species Working Groups on March 9 and 10,
1999.
DATES: The open sessions of the Committee meeting will be held on March
9, 1999, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and on March 10, 1999, from 8:30 a.m.
to 9:30 a.m., and from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed sessions will be
held on March 9, 1999, from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and on March 10, 1999,
from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Washington Hilton and
Towers, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Blankenbeker at (301) 713-2276.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section
to ICCAT will meet in open session to receive and to discuss
information on (1) 1998 ICCAT meeting results and U.S. implementation
of ICCAT decisions, (2) NMFS and ICCAT research and monitoring
activities, (3) the Precautionary Approach, (4) the upcoming meeting of
ICCAT's Working Group on Allocation Criteria, (5) Advisory Committee
operational issues, (6) the U.S. requirement to identify countries that
are diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT, (7) the results of the
Committee's Species Working Groups meetings, and (8) other matters
relating to the international management of ICCAT species. The public
will have access to the open sessions of the meeting, but there will be
no opportunity for public comment.
Sessions of the Advisory Committee's Species Working Groups will
not be open to the public, but the results of the working group
discussions will be reported to the full Advisory Committee during the
Committee's afternoon open session on March 10.
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 Kim Blankenbeker at (301) 713-2276
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: Feb 12, 1999.
Gary Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-4136 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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