[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3976]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 021202B]


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 Group Technical Advisors on 
March 5 and 6, 2002.

DATES: The open sessions of the Committee meeting will be held on March 
5, 2002, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., and on March 6, 2002, from 11:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m.. Closed sessions will be held on March 5, 2002, from 
1:15 p.m. to approximately 6 p.m., and on March 6, 2002, from 9 a.m. to 
11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel Silver Spring, 
8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erika Carlsen at (301) 713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 
to ICCAT will meet in two open sessions to receive and discuss 
information on (1) the 2001 ICCAT meeting results and U.S. 
implementation of ICCAT decisions; (2) 2002 ICCAT and NMFS research and 
monitoring activities; (3) ICCAT's allocation criteria development 
process results; (4) U.S. development of its National Plan of Action on 
Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported (IUU) Fishing; (5) the U.S. 
Endangered Species Act status review of white marlin; (6) NMFS 
International Bycatch Task Force activities; (7) upcoming ICCAT working 
group meetings on combating IUU fishing, using trade measures to 
promote conservation, and improving ICCAT's monitoring and control 
regime; (8) next steps and future directions given the end of the 2001 
ICCAT meeting; (9) Committee operational issues; (10) the Atlantic 
Tunas Convention Act required consultation on the identification of 
countries that are diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT; (11) the 
results of the meetings of the Committee's Species Working Groups; and 
(12) 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.
    The Advisory Committee will go into executive session during part 
of the afternoon of March 5, 2002, to discuss sensitive information 
relating to upcoming international negotiations and for a portion of 
the morning of March 6 to discuss internal operational matters. In 
addition, the Committee will meet in its Species Working Groups for a 
portion of the afternoon of March 5 and morning of March 6, 2002. These 
sessions are not open to the public, but the results of the species 
working group discussions will be reported to the full Advisory 
Committee during the Committee's afternoon open session on March 6.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting location is physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Erika Carlsen at (301) 713-2276 at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: February 12, 2002.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-3976 Filed 2-15-02; 8:45 am]
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