[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 32 (Friday, February 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11003-11004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03152]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF228


Meeting of the Advisory Committee to the United States Delegation 
to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

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ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Section to the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 
announces its annual spring meeting to be held March 21-23, 2017.

DATES: The open sessions of the Committee meeting will be held on March 
21, 2017, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; March 22, 2017, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and March 
23, 2017, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed sessions will be held on March 22, 
2017, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and on March 23, 2017, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton 
Hotel, 1100 SE 17th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. The phone number is 
(954) 527-2700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel O'Malley at (301) 427-8373.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 
to ICCAT will meet in open session to receive and discuss presentations 
on bluefin tuna science; information on the 2016 ICCAT meeting results 
and U.S. implementation of ICCAT decisions; NMFS research and 
monitoring activities; global and domestic initiatives related to 
ICCAT; the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act-required consultation on any 
identification of countries that are diminishing the effectiveness of 
ICCAT; the results of the meetings of the Committee's Species Working 
Groups; and other matters relating to the international management of 
ICCAT species. The public will have access to the open sessions of the 
meeting, but there will be no opportunity for public comment. The 
agenda is available from the Committee's Executive Secretary upon 
request (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
    The Committee will hold a bluefin tuna science workshop on March 
21, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. This workshop will be open to the 
public.
    The Committee will meet in its Species Working Groups for part of 
the afternoon of March 22, 2017, and for one hour on the morning of 
March 23, 2017. These sessions are not open to the public, but the 
results of the species working group discussions will be reported to 
the full Advisory Committee during the Committee's open session on 
March 23, 2017.

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 Rachel O'Malley at (301) 427-8373 
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: February 13, 2017.
John Henderschedt,
Director, Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-03152 Filed 2-16-17; 8:45 am]
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