[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 82 (Thursday, April 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19936-19937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9824]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XO88


General Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the Inter-
American Tropical Tuna Commission; Meeting Announcement

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces a meeting of the General Advisory Committee 
(GAC) to the U.S. Section to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna 
Commission (IATTC) on May 18, 2009. Meeting topics are provided under 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 18, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
(or until business is concluded), Pacific time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Large Conference Room (Room 
370) at NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 3333 North Torrey 
Pines Court, La Jolla, California, 92037-1023. Please notify Heidi 
Taylor (See FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) prior to May 13, 2009, of 
your plans to attend the meeting, or interest in teleconference option.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heidi Taylor, Southwest Region, NMFS 
at [email protected], or at (562) 980-4039.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Tuna Conventions Act, 
as amended, the Department of State has appointed a General Advisory 
Committee to the U.S. Section to the IATTC. The U.S. Section consists 
of four U.S. Commissioners to the IATTC and the representative of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries. The 
Advisory Committee supports the work of the U.S. Section in an advisory 
capacity with respect to U.S. participation in the work of the IATTC, 
with particular reference to the development of policies and 
negotiating positions pursued at meetings of the IATTC. NMFS, Southwest 
Region, administers the Advisory Committee in cooperation with the 
Department of State.

Meeting Topics

    The General Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the IATTC 
will meet to receive and discuss information on: (1) 2008 and 2009 
IATTC activities, (2) status of the stocks and status of the fishery in 
2008, (3) recent and upcoming meetings of the IATTC and its working 
groups, (4) conservation and management measures for yellowfin and 
bigeye tuna for 2009 and beyond, measures to be taken in the absence of 
conservation and management measures, (5) regulation of U.S. vessels if 
no IATTC conservation and management measures for 2009 and beyond are 
adopted, (6) exemption for small U.S. purse seine vessels, (7) measures 
to be taken in cases of non-compliance with the IATTC's conservation 
and management measures, (8) management of fishing

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capacity, (9) measures to address bycatch (such as juvenile tunas, sea 
turtles, seabirds, and sharks), (10) financial issues pertinent to the 
financial solvency of the IATTC, (11) IATTC cooperation with other 
regional fishery management organizations, (12)implementing legislation 
for the Antigua Convention, (13) administrative matters pertaining to 
the General Advisory Committee, and other issues as they arise.

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 Heidi Taylor at (562) 980-4039 by 
May 13, 2009.

    Dated: April 23, 2009.
Kristen C. Koch,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-9824 Filed 4-29-09; 8:45 am]
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