[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6353]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022701F]


Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Spring 
Species Working Group Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT announces 
its spring meeting with its Species Working Groups on April 9 and 10, 
2001.

DATES: The open sessions of the Committee meeting will be held on April 
9, 2001, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., and on April 10, 2001, from 11:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed sessions will be held on April 9, 2001, from 1:15 
p.m. to approximately 6 p.m., and on April 10, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 
11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Silver Spring, 
8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Blankenbeker or Rachel Husted at 
(301) 713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 
to ICCAT will meet in open session to discuss: (1) 2000 ICCAT meeting 
results and U.S. implementation of ICCAT decisions, (2) NMFS and ICCAT 
research and monitoring activities, (3) recent work of the Food and 
Agriculture Organization, (4) Advisory Committee operational issues, 
(5) consultation regarding 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 Advisory Committee will go into executive session during the 
afternoon of April 9 and the morning of April 10 to discuss sensitive 
information, including upcoming intersessional meetings of ICCAT. These 
sessions are not open to the public. Sessions of the Advisory 
Committee's Species Working Groups will not be open to the public, but 
the results of the working group discussions will be reported in open 
session on April 10.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting locations are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Rachel Husted at (301) 713-2276 at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: March 9, 2001.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-6353 Filed 3-13-01; 8:45 am]
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