[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 42645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18224]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG375


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 11-12, 2018. Meeting 
topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 11, 2018, from 8 
a.m. to 4 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded) and October 12, 
2018, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel, 410 
Atkinson Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96815--in the Garden Lanai Meeting 
Room. Documents to be considered by the PAC will be made available at 
the meeting.

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 WCPFC was established under the Convention on 
the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 
Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The next regular annual session of 
the WCPFC (WCPFC 15) is scheduled for December 10-December 14, 2018, in 
Honolulu, HI. More information on this meeting and the WCPFC can be 
found on the WCPFC website: http://wcpfc.int/ int/.

Meeting Topics

    The PAC meeting topics may include the following: (1) Outcomes of 
the 2017 Annual Meeting and 2018 sessions of the WCPFC Scientific 
Committee, Northern Committee, and Technical and Compliance Committee; 
(2) conservation and management measures for bigeye tuna, yellowfin 
tuna, skipjack tuna and other species for 2018 and beyond; (3) 
potential U.S. proposals to WCPFC15 (4) input and advice from the PAC 
on issues that may arise at WCPFC15; (5) potential proposals from other 
WCPFC members; and (6) 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 11, 2018.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902.

    Dated: August 20, 2018.
Margo B. Schulze-Haugen,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-18224 Filed 8-22-18; 8:45 am]
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