[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45794-45795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19702]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 072803A]


ICCAT Advisory Committee; Public 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 the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas 
(ICCAT), in conjunction with the International Fisheries Division of 
NMFS, announces a regional public meeting to be held in August in the 
U.S. Virgin Islands.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for August 14, 2003, from 6 p.m. to 9 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 
at the

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Virgin Island Game Fishing Club at Red Hook, 6501 Red Hook Plaza, St. 
Thomas, V.I. 00802.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following topics may be presented to the 
public for discussion at the regional public meeting:
    (1) Background on ICCAT
    (2) Information on the Advisory Committee and Commissioners
    (3) Status of Highly Migratory Species Managed by ICCAT
    (4) Topics for the 2003 ICCAT Annual Meeting
    Representatives from the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to 
ICCAT and NMFS will be in attendance at the regional public meeting. 
There will be an opportunity for public comment on each of these 
international issues. The length of the meeting may be adjusted based 
on the progress of the discussions.
    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: July 29, 2003.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-19702 Filed 8-1-03; 8:45 am]
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