[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 15596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07580]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG957


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 10, 2019. Meeting 
topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held via conference call on June 
10, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) (or until 
business is concluded). Members of the public may submit written 
comments on meeting topics or materials; comments must be received by 
June 5, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted via conference call. 
For details on how to call in to the conference line or to submit 
comments, please contact Emily Reynolds, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional 
Office; telephone: 808-725-5039; 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 Reynolds (telephone: 808-725-5039; email: 
[email protected]) at least 3 days in advance of the call to 
receive documents via email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Reynolds, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; 
telephone: 808-725-5039; 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. The PAC is composed of: (i) Not less than 
15 nor more than 20 individuals appointed by the Secretary of Commerce 
in consultation with the U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC; (ii) the 
chair of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council's Advisory 
Committee (or the chair's designee); and (iii) officials from the 
fisheries management authorities of American Samoa, Guam, and the 
Northern Mariana Islands (or their designees). 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 website: http://www.wcpfc.int.

Meeting Topics

    The purpose of the June 10, 2019, conference call is to discuss 
outcomes of the 2018 regular session of the WCPFC (WCPFC15), U.S. 
priorities leading up to the 2019 regular session of the WCPFC 
(WCPFC16), and potential management measures for tropical tunas and 
other issues of interest.

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 Reynolds at 808-725-5039 by May 27, 2019.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902 et seq.

    Dated: April 11, 2019.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-07580 Filed 4-15-19; 8:45 am]
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