[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 36575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13146]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051502B]


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

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 
a summer workshop to evaluate historical landings of Atlantic bigeye, 
albacore, and yellowfin tunas and to assist in developing a program to 
improve statistical reporting for these species. The Advisory Committee 
will also meet with the Status Review Team (SRT) for the petition to 
list white marlin under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to provide 
information to the SRT relative to the five ESA listing criteria.

DATES: The workshop will be open to the public and will be held on June 
10, 2002, from 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and on June 11, 2002, from 8:45 
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel Silver Spring, 
8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 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 open session to review and discuss (1) NMFS 
efforts to-date to address bigeye, albacore, and yellowfin tunas data 
issues, (2) data inventories for bigeye, yellowfin, and albacore tunas 
on a state-by-state basis, (3) approaches to data monitoring and 
reporting for bigeye, albacore, and yellowfin tunas, (4) the process 
and timeline associated with the petition to list white marlin on the 
ESA, (5) white marlin stock assessment results, and (6) information 
relating to white marlin with respect to the ESA listing factors.

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: May 20, 2002.
Virginia M. Fay,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-13146 Filed 5-23-02; 8:45 am]
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