[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55163-55164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23063]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9265]


U.S. Advisory Panel to the U.S. Section of the North Pacific 
Anadromous Fish Commission; Notice of Renewal

    The Department of State has renewed the Charter of the U.S. 
Advisory Panel to the U.S. Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish 
Commission (NPAFC) for another two years.
    The NPAFC was established by the Convention for the Conservation of 
Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean, signed on February 12, 
1992, by Canada, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United States, 
and entered into force on February 16, 1993. The U.S. Advisory Panel 
will continue to work with the U.S. Section to promote the conservation 
of anadromous fish stocks, particularly salmon, throughout their 
migratory range in the North Pacific Ocean, as well as ecologically 
related species.
    The U.S. Section of the Commission is composed of three 
Commissioners who are appointed by the President. Each Commissioner is 
appointed for a term not to exceed 4 years, but is eligible for 
reappointment. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Commerce, may designate alternate commissioners. The 
Advisory Panel to the U.S. Section is composed of 14 members, 11 of 
whom are appointed by the Secretary of State in consultation with the 
Secretary of Commerce. Advisory Panel members serve for a term not to 
exceed 4 years, and may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
    The Advisory Panel will continue to follow the procedures 
prescribed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Meetings will 
continue to be open to the public unless a determination is made in 
accordance with section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and 5 
U.S.C. 552b(c) that a meeting or a portion of the meeting should be 
closed to the public. For further information on the renewal of the 
Advisory Panel, please contact Michael Clark, Office of Marine 
Conservation in the Department of State, (202) 647-3010.


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    Dated: August 20, 2015.
David A. Balton,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2015-23063 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
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