[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32397-32398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08981]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD897]


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 May 13, 2024. 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 May 
13, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hawaii standard time (HST) (or until 
business is concluded). Members of the public

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may submit written comments on meeting topics or materials; comments 
must be received by May 6, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted via web conference. For 
details on how to call into the web conference or to submit comments, 
please contact Katrina Poremba, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office; 
telephone: 808-725-5096; 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 Katrina Poremba 
(telephone: 808-725-5096; email: [email protected]) at least 3 
days in advance of the call to receive documents via email. The audio 
portion of this meeting may be recorded for the purposes of generating 
notes of the meeting. As public comments will be made publicly 
available, participants and public commenters are urged not to provide 
personally identifiable information (PII) at this meeting. 
Participation in the meeting by web conference, or by telephone, 
constitutes consent to the audio recording.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katrina Poremba, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; 
telephone: 808-725-5096; 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) no 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, the Department of State, and the 
U.S. head of delegation. 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 purpose of the May 13, 2024 meeting is to discuss U.S. 
objectives and priorities leading up to WCPFC 21 and its Subsidiary 
Body Meetings.

Special Accommodations

    The web conference is accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Katrina Poremba at 808-725-5096 by May 6, 2024.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902 et seq.

    Dated: April 23, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-08981 Filed 4-25-24; 8:45 am]
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