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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 189 (Thursday, September 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60581-60582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25113]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 7603]

Notice of Public Meeting

    Summary: The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), Office of 
Marine Conservation announces that the Advisory Panel to the U.S. 
Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission will meet on 
October 6, 2011.
    Dates: The meeting will take place via teleconference on October 
6th, 2011, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time.
    Meeting Details: The teleconference call-in number is toll-free 1-
888-989-7597, passcode 21898, and will have a limited number of lines 
for members of the public to access from anywhere in the United States. 
Callers will hear instructions for using the passcode and joining the 
call after dialing the toll-free number noted. Members of the public 
wishing to participate in the teleconference must contact the OES 
officer in charge as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section below no later than close of business on Tuesday, October 4th, 
2011.
    For Further Information Contact: John Field, Office of Marine 
Conservation, OES, Room 2758, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20520. Telephone (202) 647-3263, fax (202) 736-
7350, e-mail fieldjd@state.gov.
    Supplementary Information: In accordance with the requirements of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is given that the Advisory 
Panel to the U.S. Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish 
Commission (NPAFC) will meet on the date and time noted above.

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    The panel consists of members from the states of Alaska and 
Washington who represent the broad range fishing and conservation 
interests in anadromous and ecologically related species in the North 
Pacific. Certain members also represent relevant state and regional 
authorities. The panel was established in 1992 to advise the U.S. 
Section of the NPAFC on research needs and priorities for anadromous 
species, such as salmon, and ecologically related species occurring in 
the high seas of the North Pacific Ocean. The upcoming Panel meeting 
will focus on two major topics: (1) Review of the agenda for the 2011 
annual meeting of the NPAFC (October 24-28; Nanaimo, British Columbia, 
Canada); and (2) logistics for the U.S. Section at the NPAFC meeting. 
Background material is available from the point of contact noted above 
and by visiting http://www.npafc.org.
    This announcement will appear in the Federal Register less than 15 
days prior to the meeting.
    The Department of State finds that there is an exceptional 
circumstance in that this advisory committee meeting must be held on 
October 6th in order to adequately prepare for the NPAFC to be convened 
in Canada beginning October 24th, including the logistics involved in 
attending the meeting.

    Dated: September 23, 2011.
John Field,
Acting Director, Office of Marine Conservation, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2011-25113 Filed 9-28-11; 8:45 am]
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