[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 47 (Monday, March 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 12708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4698]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF83


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, 2008. The Committee will meet to discuss 
matters relating to ICCAT, including the 2007 Commission meeting 
results; research and management activities; global and domestic 
initiatives related to ICCAT; consultations required under section 
971d(c)(6) of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act; 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, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and on March 28, 2008, from 9 
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, 2008, from 2:45 p.m. to approximately 6 p.m. and on 
March 28, 2008, from 9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Wulff 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 2007 ICCAT meeting results and U.S. implementation of ICCAT 
decisions; (2) 2008 ICCAT and NMFS research and monitoring activities; 
(3) 2008 ICCAT activities; (4) global and domestic initiatives related 
to ICCAT; (5) consultations required under section 971d(c)(6) of the 
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act; (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 during the session.
    The Committee will meet in its Species Working Groups for a portion 
of the afternoon of March 27, 2008, and of the morning of March 28, 
2008. 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, 2008. The Committee may also go into executive session on the 
afternoon of March 28, 2008, 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 Ryan Wulff at (301) 713-2276 at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 5, 2008.
Rebecca J. Lent,
Director, Office of International Affairs, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. E8-4698 Filed 3-7-08; 8:45 am]
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