[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 43025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17421]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD368


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 6-October 7, 2014. 
Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
of this notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 6, 2014, from 8 
a.m. to 4 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded) and October 7, 
2014, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Modern Hotel, Ballroom C, 
1775 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Crigler, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Regional Office; telephone: 808-725-5036; facsimile: 808-725-5215; 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq.), a Permanent Advisory Committee, or PAC, has been convened to 
advise the U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC, certain members of which 
have been appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with 
the U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC. The PAC supports the work of the 
U.S. National Section to the WCPFC in an advisory capacity. The U.S. 
National Section is made up of the U.S. Commissioners and the 
Department of State. 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 
(WCPFC11) is scheduled for December 1-December 5, 2014, in Apia, Samoa. 
More information on this meeting and the WCPFC, established under the 
Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish 
Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, can be found on the 
WCPFC Web site: http://wcpfc.int/.

Meeting Topics

    The PAC meeting topics may include the following: (1) Outcomes of 
the 2013 Annual Meeting and 2014 sessions of the WCPFC Scientific 
Committee, Northern Committee, and Technical and Compliance Committee; 
(2) development of conservation and management measures for bigeye 
tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and other species for 2015 and 
beyond; (3) making the WCPFC compliance monitoring scheme a permanent 
measure and development of a companion measure addressing responses to 
non-compliance; (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 WCPFC11; (6) potential proposals from other 
WCPFC members; and (7) other issues.

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 Emily Crigler at (808) 725-5036 by 
September 15, 2014.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902.

    Dated: July 21, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-17421 Filed 7-23-14; 8:45 am]
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