[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73073-73074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20231]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE155]


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 21-23, 2024. 
Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
of this notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 21, 22, and 23, 
2024 from 10 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 
October 7, 2024.

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 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 meeting. Please submit contact information to Katrina Poremba (808) 
725-5096; email: [email protected] at least 4 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 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; (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) 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 PAC meeting topics may include the following: (1) outcomes of 
the 2024 WCPFC subsidiary body meetings; (2) outcomes of WCPFC working 
groups

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and other meetings, (3) issues to be considered in the WCPFC 2024 
annual session and (4) input and advice from the PAC on issues that may 
arise at the WCPFC 2024 annual session.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting 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 or [email protected] by 
October 7, 2024.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902 et seq.

    Dated: September 4, 2024.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-20231 Filed 9-6-24; 8:45 am]
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