[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 23291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8877]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5021]


Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 
Affairs; Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the Inter-American 
Tropical Tuna Commission (Committee Renewal)

    Summary: On March 30, 2005, the Department of State renewed the 
Charter of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the Inter-
American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) for an additional two years.
    Effective Date: Upon Publication.
    For Further Information Contact: David F. Hogan, IATTC GAC 
Designated Federal Official, Office of Marine Conservation, Bureau of 
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State, Washington DC 20520, Phone: 202-647-2335.
    Supplementary Information: The IATTC was established pursuant to 
the Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna 
Commission, signed in 1949. The purpose of the Commission is to 
conserve and manage the fisheries and associated resources of the 
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The United States is represented to the 
IATTC by the U.S. Section, which includes four Presidentially-appointed 
Commissioners and a Department of State representative.
    The General Advisory Committee to the United States Section of the 
IATTC was established pursuant to Section 4 of the Tuna Conventions Act 
of 1950 (16 U.S.C. 953, as amended), the implementing statute for the 
IATTC Convention. The goal of the Advisory Committee is to serve the 
U.S. Section to the IATTC, the Department of State, and other agencies 
of the U.S. Government as advisors on matters relating to international 
conservation and management of stocks of tuna and dolphins in the 
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and in particular on the development of 
U.S. policy and positions associated with such matters.
    The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the IATTC may be 
terminated only by law. In accordance with the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), a new Charter must be 
issued on a biennial basis from the date the current Charter was 
approved and filed with Congress and the Library of Congress. The 
current Charter expired in 2004 due to staff changes.
    The Committee is composed of representatives of the major U.S. tuna 
harvesting, processing, and marketing sectors. Additionally, Committee 
membership includes representatives of recreational fishing interests 
and environmental interests formulating specific U.S. policy 
recommendations and positions.
    The Advisory Committee will continue to follow the procedure 
prescribed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Meetings will 
continue to be open to the public unless a determination is made in 
accordance with Section 10 of the FACA, 5 U.S.C. Secs. 552b(c)(1) and 
(4), that a meeting or a portion of the meeting should be closed to the 
public. Notice of each meeting continues to be provided for publication 
in the Federal Register as far in advance as possible prior to the 
meeting.

    Dated: April 11, 2005.
David A. Balton,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-8877 Filed 5-3-05; 8:45 am]
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