[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 160 (Wednesday, August 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50269-50270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20523]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE119
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 meeting of the Permanent Advisory Committee
(PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central
Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) on October 14-October 15, 2015.
Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice.
DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 14, 2015, from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded) and October 15,
2015, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach
Resort, Diamond Head Terrace, 2169 Kalia Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Crigler, NMFS Pacific Islands
Regional Office; telephone: 808-725-5036; 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.), a Permanent Advisory Committee, or PAC, has been convened to
advise the U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC, certain members of which
have been appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with
the U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC. 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. The next regular annual session of the WCPFC
(WCPFC12) is scheduled for December 3-December 8, 2015, in Bali,
Indonesia. More information on this meeting and 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 Web site: http://wcpfc.int/.
Meeting Topics
The PAC meeting topics may include the following: (1) Outcomes of
the 2014 Annual Meeting and 2015 sessions of the WCPFC Scientific
Committee, Northern Committee, and Technical and Compliance Committee;
(2) conservation and management measures for bigeye tuna, yellowfin
tuna, skipjack tuna and other species for 2016 and beyond; (3) a
permanent measure for the WCPFC compliance monitoring scheme and
development of a companion measure addressing responses to non-
compliance; (4) potential U.S. proposals to WCPFC12 (5) input and
advice from the PAC on issues that may arise at
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WCPFC12; (6) potential proposals from other WCPFC members; and (7)
other issues.
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 Emily Crigler at (808) 725-5036 by
September 22, 2015.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902
Dated: August 14, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-20523 Filed 8-18-15; 8:45 am]
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