[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 67790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28429]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7670]


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 (92), 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 General Advisory Committee to the U.S. 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 on the development of U.S. policies and positions 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: October 20, 2011.
William Meara,
Acting, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, Department 
of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-28429 Filed 11-1-11; 8:45 am]
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