Preliminary meeting on US position on bluefin at CITES

[jackdaniels]

The Peta people and other groups will be here pushing for ban on bluefin. Fishermen need to have a voice too.


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–IA–2009–N176] [96300–1671–0000
FY09R4]
Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES); Fifteenth Regular
Meeting; Provisional Agenda;
Announcement of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The United States, as a Party
to the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES), will attend the
fifteenth regular meeting of the
Conference of the Parties to CITES
(CoP15) in Doha, Qatar, March 13-25,
2010. Currently, the United States is
developing its negotiating positions on
proposed resolutions, decisions, and
amendments to the CITES Appendices
(species proposals), as well as other
agenda items that have been submitted
by other Party countries and the CITES
Secretariat for consideration at CoP15.
With this notice we announce the
provisional agenda for CoP15, solicit
your comments on the items on the
provisional agenda, and announce a
public meeting to discuss the items on
the provisional agenda.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on December 2, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. In
developing the U.S. negotiating
positions on proposed resolutions,
decisions, and species proposals, and
other agenda items submitted by other
Party countries and the CITES
Secretariat for consideration at CoP15,
we will consider written information
and comments you submit if we receive
them by January 4, 2010.
ADDRESSES:
Public Meeting
The public meeting will be held in the
Sidney Yates Auditorium at the
Department of the Interior at 18th and
C Streets, NW, Washington, DC.