[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11592-11593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3301]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030106C]


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 27-28, 2006. The Committee will meet to discuss 
matters relating to ICCAT, including the results from the 2005 ICCAT 
meeting; the U.S. implementation of ICCAT decisions; the 2006 ICCAT and 
NMFS research and monitoring activities; the 2006 ICCAT activities; the 
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act-required consultation on the 
identification of countries that are diminishing the effectiveness of 
ICCAT; 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 March 
27, 2006, from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on March 28, 2006, from 8:30 
a.m. to 9:15 a.m. and from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Closed sessions will be 
held on March 27, 2006, from 3 p.m. to approximately 6 p.m. and on 
March 28, 2006, from 9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 5 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 2005 ICCAT meeting results and U.S. implementation of ICCAT 
decisions; (2) 2006 ICCAT and NMFS research and monitoring activities; 
(3) 2006 ICCAT 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 Committee will meet in its Species Working Groups for a portion 
of the afternoon of March 27, 2006, and of the morning of March 28, 
2006. 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 28, 2006. The Committee may also go into executive session on the 
afternoon of March 28, 2006, 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 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 3, 2006.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-3301 Filed 3-7-06; 8:45 am]
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