[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 43025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17421]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD368
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 6-October 7, 2014.
Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice.
DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 6, 2014, from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded) and October 7,
2014, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Modern Hotel, Ballroom C,
1775 Ala Moana Boulevard, 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
(WCPFC11) is scheduled for December 1-December 5, 2014, in Apia, Samoa.
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 2013 Annual Meeting and 2014 sessions of the WCPFC Scientific
Committee, Northern Committee, and Technical and Compliance Committee;
(2) development of conservation and management measures for bigeye
tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and other species for 2015 and
beyond; (3) making the WCPFC compliance monitoring scheme a permanent
measure and development of a companion measure addressing responses to
non-compliance; (4) issues related to the impacts of fishing on non-
target, associated and dependent species, such as sea turtles, marine
mammals, seabirds and sharks (5) input and advice from the PAC on
issues that may arise at WCPFC11; (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 15, 2014.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902.
Dated: July 21, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-17421 Filed 7-23-14; 8:45 am]
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