Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 115 / Wednesday, June 15, 2022 / Notices 36111 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC104] 

15th Scientific Advisory Subcommittee 

to the General Advisory Committee 

and 30th General Advisory Committee 

to the U.S. Section to the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission; 

Meeting Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a public 

meeting of the 15th Scientific Advisory 

Subcommittee (SAS) to the General 

Advisory Committee (GAC), and the 

30th GAC to the U.S. Section to the 

Inter-American Tropical Tuna 

Commission (IATTC). This meeting will 

be held as a combined SAS and GAC 

meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, 

June 29–30, 2022, via webinar. The 

meeting topics are described under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

DATES: The virtual meeting of the SAS 

and GAC will be held on Wednesday 

and Thursday, June 29–30, 2022, from 9 

a.m. to 1 p.m. PDT (or until business is 

concluded). 

ADDRESSES: Please notify William 

Stahnke (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) if you plan to attend the 

webinar. Instructions will be emailed to 

meeting participants before the meeting 

occurs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Stahnke, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, at william.stahnke@noaa.gov, or 

at (562) 980–4088. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

timing of U.S. SAS and GAC meetings 

are adjusted based on the dates of the 

IATTC Annual Meeting. This year, the 

IATTC convened its 13th Meeting of the 

Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) on 

May 16–20, 2022, and the 100th Annual 

Meeting of the IATTC will be held on 

August 1–5, 2022. For 2022, the 

combined U.S. SAS and GAC Meeting 

will be held after the IATTC SAC 

Meeting and before the IATTC Annual 

Meeting on June 29 and 30. This timing 

allows for scientific topics presented at 

the IATTC SAC Meeting, including 

stock assessments, to be discussed and 

used to inform U.S. positions at the 

combined U.S. SAS and GAC Meeting. 

This meeting will also include updates 

from IATTC working groups and 

presentation of draft U.S. proposals to 

be submitted to the IATTC. An 

executive session may be called in order 

to discuss sensitive information, 

including possible U.S. negotiating 

positions for the upcoming IATTC 

Annual Meeting. 

In accordance with the Tuna 

Conventions Act (16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), 

the U.S. Department of Commerce, in 

consultation with the Department of 

State (the State Department), appoints a 

GAC to the U.S. Section to the IATTC, 

and a SAS that advises the GAC. The 

U.S. Section consists of the four U.S. 

Commissioners and alternate U.S. 

Commissioners to the IATTC and 

representatives of the State Department, 

NOAA, Department of Commerce, other 

U.S. Government agencies, and 

stakeholders. The GAC provides 

recommendations to the U.S. section of 

the IATTC. The purpose of the SAS is 

to advise the GAC on scientific matters 

and provide recommendations to the 

GAC. Per TCA, the SAS advises the 

GAC and the U.S. Commissioners on 

matters including the conservation of 

ecosystems, the sustainable uses of 

living marine resources related to the 

tuna fishery in the eastern Pacific 

Ocean, and the long-term conservation 

and management of stocks of living 

marine resources in the eastern tropical 

Pacific Ocean. NMFS West Coast Region 

staff provides administrative and 

technical support services as necessary 

for the effective functioning of the SAS 

and GAC. 

The meetings of the SAS and GAC are 

open to the public, unless in executive 

session. The time and manner of public 

comment will be at the discretion of the 

Chairs for the SAS and GAC. For more 

information and updates on these 

upcoming meetings, please visit the 

IATTC’s website: https://www.iattc.org/ 

MeetingsENG.htm. 

SAS and GAC Meeting Topics 

Given the virtual nature of these 

meetings, the agenda will be concise. 

The SAS and GAC meeting to prepare 

for the 100th IATTC Annual Meeting is 

expected to cover a broad spectrum of 

topics including but not limited to: 

(1) Outcomes of the most recent 

IATTC stock assessments and updates 

for tuna, tuna-like species, and other 

species caught in association with those 

fisheries in the eastern Pacific Ocean; 

(2) Evaluation of the IATTC Staff’s 

Recommendations to the Commission 

for 2022; 

(3) Potential U.S. proposal(s) to the 

IATTC, including on North Pacific 

albacore; 

(4) Updates for upcoming Joint 

IATTC–WCPFC NC Working Group on 

PBF meeting; 

(5) Recommendations and evaluations 

by the SAS and GAC; and 

(6) Other issues as they arise. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to William Stahnke 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq. 

Dated: June 9, 2022. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12852 Filed 6–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC100] 

Marine Mammals and Endangered 

Species 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and 

permit amendments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

permits and permit amendments have 

been issued to the following entities 

under the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act (MMPA) and the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA), as applicable. 

ADDRESSES: The permits and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., (Permit Nos. 

20455–02 and 20605–04), Courtney 

Smith, Ph.D., (Permit Nos. 20294 and 

21170), and Sara Young (Permit No. 

26375); at (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices 

were published in the Federal Register 

on the dates listed below that requests 

for a permit, permit amendment, or 

permit modification had been submitted 

by the below-named applicants. To 

locate the Federal Register notice that 

announced our receipt of the 

application and a complete description 

of the activities, go to 

www.federalregister.gov and search on 

the permit number provided in Table 1 

below. 


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