Meetings: Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
Federal Register: March 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 57)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XV43
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas; Spring Species
Working Group Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee meeting.
SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Section to the
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) announces its spring meeting with its Species Working Group Technical
Advisors April 7-9, 2010. The Committee will meet to discuss matters relating to ICCAT, including the 2009 Commission meeting results; research and management activities; global and domestic initiatives related to ICCAT; the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act-required consultation on the identification of countries that are diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT; the results of the meetings of the
Committee's Species Working Groups; and other matters relating to the international management of ICCAT species.
DATES: The open sessions of the Committee meeting will be held on April 7, 2010, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; April 8, 2010, 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.; and April 9, 2010, 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Closed sessions will be held on
April 8, 2010, 3:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; and April 9, 2010, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza, 8777 Georgia
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The phone number is 301-589-5200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel O'Malley, (301) 713-9505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT will meet in open session to receive and discuss information on (1) the 2009 ICCAT meeting results and U.S. implementation of ICCAT decisions; (2) 2009 ICCAT and NMFS research and monitoring activities;
(3) 2010 ICCAT activities; (4) global and domestic initiatives related to ICCAT; (5) the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act-required consultation on the identification of countries that are diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT; (6) the results of the meetings of the
Committee's Species Working Groups; and (7) other matters relating to the international management of ICCAT species. The public will have access to the open sessions of the meeting, but there will be no opportunity for public comment.
The Committee will meet in its Species Working Groups for a portion of the afternoon of April 8, 2010, and of the morning of April 9, 2010.
These sessions are not open to the public, but the results of the
Species Working Group discussions will be reported to the full Advisory
Committee during the Committee's open session on April 9, 2010.
Special Accommodations
The meeting location is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Rachel O'Malley at (301) 713-9505 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 19, 2010.
Rebecca J. Lent,
Director, Office of International Affairs, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
FR Doc. 2010-6645 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am
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