[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18039-18040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07180]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA992]


Virtual Meetings of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to 
the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' 
Species Working Groups

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee's Species Working Group meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 
is announcing the convening of its spring meeting.

DATES: The Advisory Committee will meet in two open sessions, on April 
21, 2021, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT and May 21, 2021, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. 
The Species Working Groups will separately convene several closed 
session meetings, which will take place between May 17 and May 18, 
2021, and are not open to the public.

ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the open sessions at: https://forms.gle/tEY9ZsWmx6X2FyvN9. Instructions

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will be emailed to registered meeting participants before the meetings 
occur.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel O'Malley, Office of 
International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, 301-427-8373 or at 
rachel.o'[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 
to ICCAT will meet in open sessions to receive and discuss information 
on outcomes of ICCAT's 2020 correspondence process, ICCAT meetings in 
2021, and relevant NMFS research and monitoring activities. The public 
will have access to these open sessions. Agendas for each session are 
available from the Committee's Executive Secretary upon request (see 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
    The Committee will convene separate closed session Species Working 
Groups between May 17 and May 18, 2021, to discuss sensitive 
information relating to upcoming ICCAT negotiations regarding Atlantic 
highly migratory species conservation and management. These sessions 
are not open to the public, but the results of the Species Working 
Groups' discussions will be reported to the full Advisory Committee 
during the Committee's open session on May 21, 2021.

Special Accommodations

    The virtual meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to Rachel O'Malley at 
301-427-8373 or rachel.o'[email protected] at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: April 2, 2021.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-07180 Filed 4-6-21; 8:45 am]
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