[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 40 (Monday, March 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 9596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4516]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 021904B]


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 from March 15 to 17, 2004. The Advisory Committee 
will hold a workshop on the first day of the spring meeting, March 15, 
2004, to discuss the upcoming ICCAT intersessional meeting on 
integrated and coordinated management of Atlantic bluefin tuna. 
Following the workshop, the Advisory Committee will meet with its 
Species Working Group Technical Advisors on March 16 and 17, 2004.

DATES: The open sessions of the Committee meeting will be held on March 
15, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., on March 16, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 12 p.m., and on March 17, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m and from 
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.. Closed sessions will be held on March 15, 
2004, from 1:30 p.m. to approximately 6 p.m., on March 16, 2004, from 
1:30 p.m. to approximately 6 p.m., and on March 17, 2004, from 9 a.m. 
to 10:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel, 8777 
Georgia Avenue, 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 an open session on March 15, 2004, for a workshop 
to receive and discuss information on the upcoming ICCAT intersessional 
on integrated and coordinated management of Atlantic bluefin tuna, 
including Atlantic bluefin tuna stock composition; a historical review 
of Atlantic bluefin tuna management; and the 2001 ICCAT report on 
bluefin tuna mixing. In addition, the Committee will receive 
information on the results of the review of bluefin tuna and marlin 
landings estimates previously reported to ICCAT. The Advisory Committee 
will meet again in an open session on March 16 and 17, 2004, to receive 
and discuss information on (1) the 2003 ICCAT meeting results and U.S. 
implementation of ICCAT decisions; (2) 2003 ICCAT and NMFS research and 
monitoring activities; (3) 2004 Commission activities; (4) the Atlantic 
Tunas Convention Act required consultation on the identification of 
countries that are diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT; (5) the 
results of the meetings of the Committee's Species Working Groups; and 
(6) 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 15, 2004, to discuss sensitive information 
relating to upcoming international negotiations. In addition, the 
Committee will meet in its Species Working Groups for a portion of the 
afternoon of March 16 and morning of March 17, 2004. 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 morning open session on March 17.

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 24, 2004.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-4516 Filed 2-27-04; 8:45 am]
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