[Federal Register: October 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 192)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092499O]

 
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Fall 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 will hold 
its annual fall meeting on October 24-26, 1999.

DATES: The open sessions will be held on October 24, 1999, from 12:15 
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and October 25, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 
Closed sessions will be held on October 25, 1999, from 2:00 p.m. to 
6:30 p.m. and on October 26, 1999, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Written 
comments should be received no later than October 20, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 8777 Georgia 
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. Written comments should be sent to Kim 
Blankenbeker, Executive Secretary to the Advisory Committee, NOAA - 
Fisheries/SF4, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick E. Moran, (301) 713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 
to ICCAT will meet in two open sessions to consider information on 
stock status of highly migratory species and 1999 management 
recommendations of ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and 
Statistics. Also in the open sessions, the Advisory Committee will 
review the results of recent meetings including: ICCAT working group 
meetings on allocation criteria, the precautionary approach, and 
bycatch; Advisory Committee regional meetings; and the Committee's 1999 
minimum size workshop. The Committee will also discuss other ICCAT-
related activities. Furthermore, the Committee will review the 
implementation of 1998 and prior ICCAT recommendations and resolutions 
and will receive an overview of implementation of recommendations for 
research and management resulting from its Spring 1999 Species Working 
Group meeting. Both sessions will be open to the public; however, the 
October 24, 1999, session will be the only opportunity for public 
comment. Written comments are encouraged and, if mailed, should be 
received by October 20, 1999 (see ADDRESSES). Written comments can also 
be submitted during the open sessions of the Advisory Committee 
meeting.
    The Advisory Committee will go into executive session for the 
afternoon session of October 25, 1999, and for the entire October 26 
session to discuss sensitive information. These sessions are not open 
to the public.
    The public is reminded that NMFS expects members of the public to 
conduct themselves appropriately for the duration of the meeting. At 
the beginning of the public comment session, an appropriate 
representative will explain the ground rules (e.g., alcohol in the 
meeting room is prohibited, attendees will be called to give their 
comments in the order in which they registered to speak, each attendee 
will have an equal amount of time to speak, and attendees should not 
interrupt one another). The appropriate representative will attempt to 
structure the session so that all attending members of the public are 
able to comment, if they so choose, regardless of the degree of 
controversy of the subject(s). Attendees are expected to respect the 
ground rules, and if they do not, they will be asked to leave the 
meeting.

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 Patrick E. Moran at (301) 713-2276 
at least 7 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 30, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-25866 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]
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