[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 28830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10912]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE588


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 public meeting of the Permanent Advisory 
Committee (PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Commission for 
the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 
Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC) on June 16, 2016. Meeting 
topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice. The meeting will be held via conference call. Members of the 
public may submit written comments; the comments must be received 
within 14 days of the completion of the meeting. Mail comments to Emily 
Crigler at the address provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section below.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held via conference call on June 
16, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted via conference call. 
For details on how to call in to the conference line, please contact 
Emily Crigler, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office; telephone: 808-
725-5036; email: [email protected]. Documents to be considered by 
the PAC will be sent out via email in advance of the conference call. 
Please submit contact information to Emily Crigler (telephone: 808-725-
5036; email: [email protected]) to receive documents in advance of 
the call.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Crigler, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; 
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.), the Permanent Advisory Committee, or PAC, has been formed to 
advise the U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC. Members of the PAC 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. More information on 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 purpose of the June 16, 2016, conference call is to discuss 
outcomes of the 2015 regular annual session of the WCPFC (WCPFC12) and 
to begin soliciting recommendations leading up to the 2016 regular 
annual session of the WCPFC. The next regular annual session of the 
WCPFC (WCPFC13) is scheduled to be held December 5--December 9, 2016, 
in Fiji.

Special Accommodations

    The conference call is accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Emily Crigler at 808-725-5036 at least ten 
working days prior to the meeting.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 6902

    Dated: May 4, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-10912 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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