[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56191-56192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22476]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC175


Permanent Advisory Committee to Advise the U.S. Commissioners to 
the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries 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 Permanent Advisory Committee 
(PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) on October 25--October 26, 2012. 
Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
of this notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 25, 2012 from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded) and October 26, 
2012 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Ballroom A Meeting Room at 
the Modern Hotel, 1775 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, HI, 96815.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Oriana Villar, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Regional Office; telephone: 808-944-2256; facsimile: 808-973-2941; 
email: [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 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 3--December 7, 2012, in Manila, Philippines. More information 
on this meeting can be found on the WCPFCs web site: http://wcpfc.int/.

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Meeting Topics

    The PAC meeting topics may include, but are not limited to, the 
following: (1) Outcomes of the 2011 and 2012 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 2013 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, marine mammals, seabirds and 
sharks (5) input and advice from the PAC on issues that may arise at 
the 2012 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 10, 2012.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902.

    Dated: September 7, 2012.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-22476 Filed 9-11-12; 8:45 am]
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