[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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