[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 162 (Thursday, August 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 51418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18183]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID: 0648-XA386]


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 October 14-16, 2020. 
Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
of this notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 14, 2020, from 10 
a.m. to 1 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) (or until business is 
concluded), October 15, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. HST (or until 
business is concluded), and October 16, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
HST (or until business is concluded).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted via a web conference. 
Documents to be considered by the PAC will be sent out via email in 
advance of the conference call. Members of the public may submit 
written comments on meeting topics or materials; comments must be 
received by October 9, 2020. For details on how to call in to the 
conference line, to receive documents via email, or to submit comments, 
please contact Emily Reynolds, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office; 
telephone: 808-725-5039; email: [email protected], at least 3 
days in advance of the call. This meeting may be recorded for the 
purposes of generating notes of the meeting.

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 PAC meeting topics may include the following: (1) Outcomes of 
the 2019 annual meeting of the WCPFC and 2020 sessions of the WCPFC 
Scientific Committee, Northern Committee, and Technical and Compliance 
Committee; (2) issues to be considered in WCPFC 2020 annual meeting; 
(3) potential U.S. proposals to the WCPFC 2020 annual meeting; and (4) 
other issues.

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 September 12, 
2020.

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

    Dated: August 14, 2020.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-18183 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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