[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20706]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080800B]


ICCAT Advisory Committee; Summer Workshop

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 
announces a September 2000 workshop on compliance and rebuilding 
issues. More information on the workshop can be found in the DATES and 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION sections of this notice.

DATES: The Advisory Committee Workshop on Compliance and Rebuilding 
will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 12, 2000, and from 
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on September 13, 2000.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick E. Moran or Kimberly 
Blankenbeker at 301-713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At its September workshop, the Advisory 
Committee will consider compliance and stock rebuilding issues in 
preparation for the upcoming ICCAT annual meeting, to be held on 
November 13-20, 2000, in Marrakech, Morocco. Given the sensitive nature 
of the issues to be discussed, the Advisory Committee will be in 
executive session for the duration of the workshop. No sessions of the 
workshop, therefore, will be open to the public.

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 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 10, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-20706 Filed 8-15-00; 8:45 am]
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