[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50111-50112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16273]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD194]


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 2-3, 2023. Meeting 
topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 2, 2023 from 9 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) (or until business is 
concluded) and October 3, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. HST (or until 
business is concluded). Members of the public may submit written 
comments on meeting topics or materials; comments must be received by 
September 18, 2023.

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ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel, 410 
Atkinson Drive, Honolulu, HI 96814--in the Garden Lanai Meeting Room, 
and will also be broadcast via web conference. Documents to be 
considered by the PAC will be made available at the meeting. For 
details on how to join via web conference, call in, or to submit 
comments, please contact Emily Reynolds (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT). Documents to be considered by the PAC will be sent out via 
email in advance of the meeting. Please submit contact information to 
Emily Reynolds (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 3 days in 
advance of the meeting to receive documents via email. This meeting may 
be audio recorded for the purposes of generating notes of the meeting. 
As public comments will be made publically available, participants and 
public commenters are urged not to provide personally identifiable 
information (PII) at this meeting. Participation in the meeting, in 
person, by web conference, or by telephone 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: 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: 
https://www.wcpfc.int.

Meeting Topics

    The PAC meeting topics may include the following: (1) outcomes of 
the 2022 annual session of the WCPFC and 2023 sessions of the WCPFC 
Scientific Committee, Northern Committee, and Technical and Compliance 
Committee; (2) issues to be considered in the WCPFC 2023 annual 
session; (3) potential U.S. proposals to the WCPFC 2023 annual session; 
(4) input and advice from the PAC on issues that may arise at the WCPFC 
2023 annual session; (5) potential proposals from other WCPFC members; 
and (6) other issues.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting 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 18, 2023.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902 et seq.

    Dated: July 27, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-16273 Filed 7-31-23; 8:45 am]
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