Extension of Deadline for Nominations for the General Advisory Committee and the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee to the United States Section to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

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The Department of State is extending for a period of 60 days the deadline for applications and nominations for the renewal of the General Advisory Committee to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), as well as to a Scientific Advisory Subcommittee of the General Advisory Committee, originally published November 12, 2002, in Department of State Public Notice number 4204, Volume 67, Number 218, Pages 68714-68716. The new deadline is March 14, 2003. The purpose of the General Advisory Committee and the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee is to provide public input and advice to the United States Section to the IATTC in the formulation of U.S. policy and positions at meetings of the IATTC and its subsidiary bodies. The Scientific Advisory Subcommittee shall also function as the National Scientific Advisory Committee (NATSAC) provided for in the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP). The United States Section to the IATTC is composed of the Commissioners to the IATTC and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Ocean and Fisheries or his or her designated representative. Authority to establish the General Advisory Committee and Scientific Advi