[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15464-15465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8119]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031897B]


Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Spring 
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 spring meeting with its Species Working Groups on April 22-24, 
1997.

DATES: The open sessions of the Committee will be held on April 22, 
1997, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.; on April 23, 1997, from 8 a.m. to 12 
p.m.; and on April 24, 1997, from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed meetings 
of the Species Working Groups will be held on April 23, 1997, from 2 
p.m. to 5 p.m. The closed session of the Advisory Committee will be 
held on April 24, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.


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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn located at 8777 
Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Blankenbeker, (301) 713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 
to ICCAT will meet in open session to discuss (1) the 1996 ICCAT 
meeting accomplishments, (2) 1997 management and research activities 
regarding Atlantic highly migratory species, (3) trade and compliance 
issues, (4) the results of the Committee's species working groups 
meetings, (5) implementation of provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and (6) other matters relating 
to the international management of ICCAT species. While the public will 
have access to the open sessions of the meeting, 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 those discussions will be reported to the full Advisory Committee 
during the Committee's open session in the afternoon of April 24. In 
addition, the Advisory Committee will meet in closed session the 
morning of April 24 to discuss internal operational matters. 
Accordingly, the determination has been made that the Committee shall 
go into executive session at that time. 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: May 26, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-8119 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]

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