[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56734-56735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23569]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA669


Permanent Advisory Committee To Advise the U.S. Commissioners to 
the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission; Public Meeting

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 Permanent Advisory Committee 
(PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) on October 25-October 27, 2011. 
Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
of this notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 25, 2011 from 8 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. H.S.T. (or until business is concluded), October 26, 
2011 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. H.S.T. (or until business is concluded), 
and October 27, 2011 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. H.S.T.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Diamond Head Meeting Room at 
the Outrigger Reef on the Beach Hotel, 2169 Kalia Road, Honolulu, HI 
96815-1989.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Oriana Villar, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Regional Office; telephone: 808-944-2256; facsimile: 808-973-2941; e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (the Act), the 
Department of Commerce, in consultation with the U.S. Commissioners, 
has appointed a Permanent Advisory Committee to advise the U.S. 
Commissioners to the WCPFC established under the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Convention. The PAC supports the work of the U.S. 
National Section, which is made up of the U.S. Commissioners and the 
Department of State, to the WCPFC in an advisory capacity with respect 
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U.S. participation in the WCPFC. NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office 
provides administrative and technical support to the PAC in cooperation 
with the Department of State. The next regular annual session of the 
WCPFC is scheduled for December 5-December 9, 2011, in Koror, Palau. 
For more information on this meeting, please visit the WCPFCs Web site: 
http://wcpfc.int/.

Meeting Topics

    The PAC meeting topics may include, but are not limited to, the 
following: (1) Outcomes of the 2010 and 2011 WCPFC Scientific 
Committee, Northern Committee, and Technical and Compliance Committee 
meetings; (2) development of conservation and management measures for 
bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack tuna and other species for 2012 and 
beyond; (3) development of a WCPFC compliance monitoring scheme; (4) 
issues related to the impacts of fishing on non-target, associated and 
dependent species, such as sea turtles, seabirds and sharks (5) input 
and advice from the PAC on issues that may arise at the 2011 WCPFC 
meetings, potential proposals from other WCPFC members; and (6) 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 Oriana Villar at (808) 944-2256 by 
October 15, 2011.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 6902.

     Dated: September 8, 2011.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-23569 Filed 9-13-11; 8:45 am]
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