[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32001-32002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11345]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC060]


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; update.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the 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 8, 2022. This notice 
replaces an earlier document in the Federal Register on April 1, 2022 
since the time for this meeting has changed.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held via web conference on June 
8, 2022, 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 3, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted via web conference. For 
details on how to call in to the web conference 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 2 
days in advance of the call to receive documents via email.
    Participants and public commenters are urged not to provide 
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) BII or Business Identifiable 
Information (BII) during this meeting, as any public comments are made 
publicly available. The audio portion of this meeting may be recorded 
for the purposes of generating notes of the meeting and participation 
in the meeting constitutes consent to the audio recording.

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: This notice replaces a notice published in 
the Federal Register on April 1, 2022 (87 FR 19079) announcing the June 
8, 2022, PAC meeting because of a change in start time. 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

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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 8, 2022 meeting is to discuss outcomes of 
the 2021 regular session of the WCPFC (WCPFC18), U.S. priorities 
leading up to the 2022 regular session of the WCPFC (WCPFC19) and 
potential management measures for tunas and other issues of interest.

Special Accommodations

    The web conference is accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids were 
requested to be directed to Emily Reynolds at 808-725-5039 by May 25, 
2022.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902 et seq.

    Dated: May 20, 2022.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-11345 Filed 5-25-22; 8:45 am]
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