[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 24 (Monday, February 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 8608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02527]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA822]


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 March 18, 2021. Meeting 
topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held via web conference on March 
18, 2021, from 11 a.m. to 1 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 
March 13, 2021.

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. 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 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 March 18, 2021 meeting is to discuss outcomes of 
the 2020 regular session of the WCPFC (WCPFC17), U.S. priorities 
leading up to the 2021 regular session of the WCPFC (WCPFC18) 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 March 4, 2021.

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

    Dated: February 3, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-02527 Filed 2-5-21; 8:45 am]
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