[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 54 (Thursday, March 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15767-15768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05742]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XP009]


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 April 28, 2020. 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 April 
28, 2020, 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 
April 23, 2020.

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 April 28, 2020, conference call is to discuss 
outcomes of the 2019 regular session of the WCPFC (WCPFC16), U.S. 
priorities leading up to the 2020 regular session of the WCPFC 
(WCPFC17), 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 April 14, 2020.

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

    Dated: March 16, 2020.
Karyl K. Brewster-Geisz,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-05742 Filed 3-18-20; 8:45 am]
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