[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25432]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 100101B]


Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Fall Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In preparation for the 2001 ICCAT meeting, the Advisory 
Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT will hold its annual fall 
meeting in October 2001.

DATES: Open sessions will be held on October 28, 2001, from 12:30 p.m. 
to 6 p.m. and October 29, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Closed 
sessions will be held on October 29, 2001, from 1:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 
and on October 30, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Written comments 
should be received no later than October 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 8777 Georgia 
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. Written comments should be sent to Kim 
Blankenbeker, Executive Secretary to the Advisory Committee, NOAA - 
Fisheries/SF4, 1315 East-West Highway, 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 two open sessions to consider information on 
stock status of highly migratory species and 2001 management 
recommendations of ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and 
Statistics (SCRS). Also in the open sessions, the Advisory Committee 
will review the results of recent meetings, including the SCRS workshop 
on bluefin tuna mixing, ICCAT's working group meeting on allocation 
criteria, and the technical experts' meeting to develop statistical 
documents for swordfish and bigeye tuna. The Committee will also 
discuss other ICCAT-related activities. Further, in open session, the 
Committee will review the implementation of 2000 and prior ICCAT 
recommendations and resolutions and will receive an overview of 
implementation of recommendations for research and management resulting 
from its Spring 2001 Species Working Group meeting. The only 
opportunity for public comment will be during the October 28, 2001, 
open session. Written comments are encouraged and, if mailed, should be 
received by October 24, 2001 (see ADDRESSES). Written comments can also 
be submitted during the open sessions of the Advisory Committee 
meeting.
    The Advisory Committee will go into executive session on the 
afternoon of October 29, 2001, and for the entire October 30, 2001, 
session to discuss sensitive information relating to upcoming 
international negotiations. These sessions are not open to the public.
    Please be reminded that NMFS expects members of the public to 
conduct themselves appropriately for the duration of the meeting. At 
the beginning of the public comment session, an explanation of the 
ground rules will be provided(e.g., alcohol in the meeting room is 
prohibited, speakers will be called to give their comments in the order 
in which they registered to speak, each speaker will have an equal 
amount of time to speak, and speakers should not interrupt one 
another). The session will be structured so that all attending members 
of the public are able to comment, if they so choose, regardless of the 
degree of controversy of the subject(s). Those not respecting the 
ground rules will be asked to leave the meeting.

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 7 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 3, 2001.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-25432 Filed 10-9-01; 8:45 am]
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