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area affected by the sanctuary. 

Applicants who are chosen as members 

should expect to serve 2-year terms, 

pursuant to the council’s Charter. 

DATES: Applications are due by April 

29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be 

obtained from Shannon Rides, 100 

Museum Drive, Newport News, VA 

23606. Completed applications should 

be sent to the same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannon Ricles, 100 Museum Drive, 

Newport News, VA 23606, 757–591– 

7328, Shannon.ricles@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Established in 1975 as the Nation’s first 

marine sanctuary, the Monitor National 

Marine Sanctuary is managed by 

NOAA’s Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries. It is one of 13 sanctuaries 

and protects the wreck of the famed 

Civil War ironclad, USS Monitor, best 

known for its battle with the 

Confederate ironclad, CSS Virginia in 

Hampton Roads, Va., on March 9, 1862. 

The advisory council consists of 18 

members and five alternates: 12 nongovernmental voting members, five 

governmental voting members, and one 

non-voting Youth Seat. The council 

seats represent a variety of regional 

interests and stakeholders, including: 

Citizen-at-Large, Conservation, 

Economic Development, Education, 

Heritage Tourism, Maritime 

Archaeological Research, North Carolina 

Maritime Museums, Recreational/ 

Commercial Fishing, Recreational 

Diving, The Mariners’ Museum, Youth, 

the U.S. Navy, North Carolina 

Department of Cultural Resources, 

Virginia Department of Historic 

Resources, the National Park Service, 

and the U.S. Coast Guard. It is the 

combined expertise and experience of 

these individuals that creates an 

advisory council that is a valuable and 

effective resource for the sanctuary 

manager. 

The council’s objectives are to 

provide the sanctuary manager with 

advice on: (1) Protecting natural and 

cultural resources, and identifying and 

evaluating emergent or critical issues 

involving sanctuary use or resources; (2) 

identifying and realizing the sanctuary’s 

research objectives; (3) identifying and 

realizing educational opportunities to 

increase public knowledge and 

stewardship of the sanctuary 

environment; and (4) developing an 

informed constituency to increase 

awareness and understanding of the 

purpose and value of the sanctuary and 

the National Marine Sanctuary System. 

The council may serve as a forum for 

consultation and deliberation among its 

members and as a source of advice to 

the sanctuary manager regarding the 

management of the Monitor National 

Marine Sanctuary. The sanctuary 

advisory council holds open meetings to 

ensure continued public input on 

management issues and to increase 

public awareness and knowledge of the 

sanctuary environment. Public 

participation at these meetings is 

welcomed and encouraged. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) 

Dated: February 10, 2011. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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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 Advisory Committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Section to the 

International Commission for the 

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 

announces its spring meeting with its 

Species Working Group Technical 

Advisors on March 7–9, 2011. The 

Committee will meet to discuss matters 

relating to ICCAT, including the 2010 

Commission meeting results; research 

and management activities; global and 

domestic initiatives related to ICCAT; 

the Atlantic Tunas Convention Actrequired consultation on the 

identification of countries that are 

diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT; 

the results of the meetings of the 

Committee’s Species Working Groups; 

and other matters relating to the 

international management of ICCAT 

species. 

DATES: The open sessions of the 

Committee meeting will be held on 

March 7, 2011, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.; March 

8, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and March 

9, 2011, 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Closed 

sessions will be held on March 8, 2011, 

3:15 p.m. to 6 p.m., and on March 9, 

2011, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza, 8777 Georgia Avenue, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. The phone 

number is (301) 589–0800. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel O’Malley at (301) 713–9505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 

to ICCAT will meet in open session to 

receive and discuss information on the 

2010 ICCAT meeting results and U.S. 

implementation of ICCAT decisions; 

NMFS research and monitoring 

activities; 2010 ICCAT activities; global 

and domestic initiatives related to 

ICCAT; the Atlantic Tunas Convention 

Act-required consultation on the 

identification of countries that are 

diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT; 

the results of the meetings of the 

Committee’s Species Working Groups; 

and 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 Committee will meet in its 

Species Working Groups for a portion of 

the afternoon of March 8, 2011, and for 

one hour on the morning of March 9, 

2011. These sessions are not open to the 

public, but the results of the species 

working group discussions will be 

reported to the full Advisory Committee 

during the Committee’s open session on 

March 9, 2011. 

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 Rachel O’Malley 

at (301) 713–9505 at least 5 days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 15, 2011. 

Rebecca J. Lent, 

Director, Office of International Affairs, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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