[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61072-61073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24520]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091902G]


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 2002 ICCAT meeting, the Advisory 
Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT will hold its annual fall 
meeting in October 2002.

DATES: The open session will be held on October 14, 2002, from 8:30 
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Closed sessions will be held on October 14, 2002, 
from 3:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., October 15, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 
p.m., and October 16, 2002, from 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Written 
comments should be received no later than October 7, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 8727 
Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Written comments should be 
sent to Erika Carlsen at NOAA Fisheries/SF4, Room 13137, 1315 East-West 
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erika Carlsen, 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 2002 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 Advisory 
Committee summer workshop on improving Atlantic bigeye, albacore, 
yellowfin and skipjack (BAYS) tunas data monitoring and reporting and 
the Atlantic white marlin ESA status review, ICCAT's working group 
meeting on integrated monitoring measures, and ICCAT's working group 
meeting on measures to combat IUU fishing. The Committee will also 
discuss other ICCAT-related activities. Further, in open session, the 
Committee will review the implementation of 2001 and prior ICCAT 
recommendations and resolutions and will receive an overview of 
implementation of recommendations for research and management resulting 
from its Spring 2002 Species Working Group meeting. The only 
opportunity for public comment will be during the October 14, 2002, 
open session. Written comments are encouraged and, if mailed, should be 
received by October 7, 2002 (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 October 
14, 2002, after the adjournment of the open session, on October 15, 
2002, and on the morning of October 16, 2002, 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 Erika Carlsen at (301) 713-2276 at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 23, 2002.
Virginia M. Fay,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-24520 Filed 9-26-02; 8:45 am]
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