[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 116 (Thursday, June 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 29013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14345]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6551]


Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the Inter-American 
Tropical Tuna Commission (Committee Renewal)

SUMMARY: The Department of State announces the renewal of the Charter 
for the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the Inter-American 
Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) for an additional two years. 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 IATTC was established pursuant to the Convention for the 
Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, signed in 
1949. The purpose of the IATTC 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, including the Department of State, 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 to provide recommendations on the 
development of U.S. policy associated with such matters.
    The Committee is composed of representatives of the major U.S. tuna 
harvesting, processing, and marketing sectors, as well as recreational 
fishing and environmental interests, formulating specific policy 
recommendations for the U.S. Section to the IATTC.
    The Advisory Committee will continue to follow the procedure 
prescribed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Notice of 
meetings is published in the Federal Register in advance as required by 
FACA and meetings are open to the public unless a determination is made 
in accordance with Section 10 of the FACA that a meeting or a portion 
of the meeting should be closed to the public.

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.

    Dated: April 16, 2009.
David F. Hogan,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. E9-14345 Filed 6-17-09; 8:45 am]
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