[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9923-9924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3938]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022305C]


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 (Committee) to the U.S. Section to the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 
announces its spring meeting with its Species Working Group Technical 
Advisors on March 7-8, 2005. The Committee will meet to discuss matters 
relating to ICCAT, including, the results from the 2004 ICCAT meeting; 
the U.S. implementation of ICCAT decisions; the 2005 ICCAT and NMFS 
research and monitoring activities; the 2005 ICCAT activities; the 
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act required consultation on the 
identification of countries that are diminishing the effectiveness of 
ICCAT; the NMFS Recreational Fishery Landings Estimates Review; the 
results of the meetings of the Committee's Species Working Groups; and 
other matters relating to the international management of ICCAT species

DATES: The open sessions of the Committee meeting will be held on

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March 7, 2005, from 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and on March 8, 2005, from 
8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m and from 11 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Closed sessions 
will be held on March 7, 2005, from 3:30 p.m. to approximately 6 p.m. 
and on March 8, 2005, from 9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 3:15 p.m. to 
4:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel Washington-
Silver Spring, 8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, 301-589-
5200.

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 receive and discuss information 
on (1) the 2004 ICCAT meeting results and U.S. implementation of ICCAT 
decisions; (2) 2005 ICCAT and NMFS research and monitoring activities; 
(3) 2005 ICCAT activities; (4) the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act 
required consultation on the identification of countries that are 
diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT; (5) the NMFS Recreational 
Fishery Landings Estimates Review; (6) the results of the meetings of 
the Committee's Species Working Groups; and (7) 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 Committee will meet in its Species Working Groups for a portion 
of the afternoon of March 7, 2005 and of the morning of March 8, 2005. 
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 and afternoon open session on 
March 8, 2005. The Committee may also go into executive session on the 
afternoon of March 8, 2005, to discuss sensitive information relating 
to upcoming intersessional meetings of ICCAT. This session would also 
be closed to the public.

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 five days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: February 23, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-3938 Filed 2-28-05; 8:45 am]
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