[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 154 (Friday, August 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 44693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17356]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB313]


Permanent Advisory Committee To Advise the U.S. Commissioners to 
the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries 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 public meeting of the Permanent Advisory 
Committee (PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Commission for 
the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 
Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC) on October 13-15, 2021. 
Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
of this notice.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held on October 13, 2021, from 10 
a.m. to 1 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) (or until business is 
concluded), October 14, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. HST (or until 
business is concluded), and October 15, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
HST (or until business is concluded). Members of the public may submit 
written comments on meeting topics or materials; comments must be 
received by October 8, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted via a web conference. 
For details on how to join the web conference, call in, or to submit 
comments, please contact Emily Reynolds, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional 
Office; telephone: 808-725-5039; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cda8a0a4a1b4e3bfa8b4a3a2a1a9be8da3a2acace3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="16737b7f7a6f3864736f78797a7265567879777738717960">[email protected]</span></a>. 
Documents to be considered by the PAC will be sent out via email in 
advance of the web conference. Please submit contact information to 
Emily Reynolds (telephone: 808-725-5039; email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcd9d1d5d0c592ced9c5d2d3d0d8cffcd2d3dddd92dbd3ca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="791c14101500570b1c001716151d0a3917161818571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>) at least 3 days in advance of the web 
conference to receive documents via email. This meeting may be recorded 
for the purposes of generating notes of the meeting and participation 
in the web conference constitutes consent to the recording.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Reynolds, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; 
telephone: 808-725-5039; facsimile: 808-725-5215; email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94f1f9fdf8edbae6f1edfafbf8f0e7d4fafbf5f5baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72171f1b1e0b5c00170b1c1d1e1601321c1d13135c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq.), the PAC has been formed to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the 
WCPFC. The PAC is composed of: (i) Not less than 15 nor more than 20 
individuals appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with 
the U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC; (ii) the chair of the Western 
Pacific Fishery Management Council's Advisory Committee (or the chair's 
designee); and (iii) officials from the fisheries management 
authorities of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands 
(or their designees). The PAC supports the work of the U.S. National 
Section to the WCPFC in an advisory capacity. The U.S. National Section 
is made up of the U.S. Commissioners and the Department of State. NMFS 
Pacific Islands Regional Office provides administrative and technical 
support to the PAC in cooperation with the Department of State. More 
information on the WCPFC, established under the Convention on the 
Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 
Western and Central Pacific Ocean, can be found on the WCPFC website: 
http://www.wcpfc.int.

Meeting Topics

    The PAC meeting topics may include the following: (1) Outcomes of 
the 2020 annual session of the WCPFC and 2021 sessions of the WCPFC 
Scientific Committee, Northern Committee, and Technical and Compliance 
Committee; (2) issues to be considered in the WCPFC 2021 annual 
session; (3) potential U.S. proposals to the WCPFC 2021 annual session; 
and (4) other issues.

Special Accommodations

    The web conference is accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Emily Reynolds at 808-725-5039 by September 29, 
2021.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902 et seq.

    Dated: August 10, 2021.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-17356 Filed 8-12-21; 8:45 am]
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