[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 82 (Thursday, April 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19936-19937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9824]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XO88
General Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the Inter-
American Tropical Tuna 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 General Advisory Committee
(GAC) to the U.S. Section to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC) on May 18, 2009. Meeting topics are provided under
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
DATES: The meeting will be held on May 18, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(or until business is concluded), Pacific time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Large Conference Room (Room
370) at NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 3333 North Torrey
Pines Court, La Jolla, California, 92037-1023. Please notify Heidi
Taylor (See FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) prior to May 13, 2009, of
your plans to attend the meeting, or interest in teleconference option.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heidi Taylor, Southwest Region, NMFS
at [email protected], or at (562) 980-4039.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Tuna Conventions Act,
as amended, the Department of State has appointed a General Advisory
Committee to the U.S. Section to the IATTC. The U.S. Section consists
of four U.S. Commissioners to the IATTC and the representative of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries. The
Advisory Committee supports the work of the U.S. Section in an advisory
capacity with respect to U.S. participation in the work of the IATTC,
with particular reference to the development of policies and
negotiating positions pursued at meetings of the IATTC. NMFS, Southwest
Region, administers the Advisory Committee in cooperation with the
Department of State.
Meeting Topics
The General Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the IATTC
will meet to receive and discuss information on: (1) 2008 and 2009
IATTC activities, (2) status of the stocks and status of the fishery in
2008, (3) recent and upcoming meetings of the IATTC and its working
groups, (4) conservation and management measures for yellowfin and
bigeye tuna for 2009 and beyond, measures to be taken in the absence of
conservation and management measures, (5) regulation of U.S. vessels if
no IATTC conservation and management measures for 2009 and beyond are
adopted, (6) exemption for small U.S. purse seine vessels, (7) measures
to be taken in cases of non-compliance with the IATTC's conservation
and management measures, (8) management of fishing
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capacity, (9) measures to address bycatch (such as juvenile tunas, sea
turtles, seabirds, and sharks), (10) financial issues pertinent to the
financial solvency of the IATTC, (11) IATTC cooperation with other
regional fishery management organizations, (12)implementing legislation
for the Antigua Convention, (13) administrative matters pertaining to
the General Advisory Committee, and other issues as they arise.
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 Heidi Taylor at (562) 980-4039 by
May 13, 2009.
Dated: April 23, 2009.
Kristen C. Koch,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-9824 Filed 4-29-09; 8:45 am]
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