[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020100C]


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 6 and 7, 
2000.

DATES:  The open sessions of the Committee meeting will be held on 
March 6, 2000, from 9:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and on March 7, 2000, from 
9:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed sessions will 
be held on March 6, 2000, from 2:30 p.m. to approximately 6:00 p.m., 
and on March 7, 2000, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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

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) 1999 ICCAT meeting results and U.S. implementation 
of ICCAT decisions, (2) NMFS and ICCAT research and monitoring 
activities, (3) the Food and Agriculture Organization's work related to 
illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing, (4) the second meeting of 
ICCAT's Working Group on Allocation Criteria, (5) Advisory Committee 
operational issues, (6) consultation regarding the identification of 
countries that are diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT, (7) the 
results of the meetings of the Committee's Species Working Groups, 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, as noted earlier, the results of the 
working group discussions will be reported to the full Advisory 
Committee during the Committee's afternoon open session on March 7.

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: February 3, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-3003 Filed 2-9-00; 8:45 am]
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