[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 7629-7630] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-3683] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 020999C] Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Agency
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
Action
Notice of public meetings.
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Summary
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's Advisory Panel (AP) and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold meetings.
Dates
The AP meeting will be held on March 2, 1999, and the SSC meeting will be held on March 3, 1999.
Addresses
The AP meeting will be held at the Colony Hotel in Isla Verde, Carolina, PR. The SSC meeting will be held at the Villa Parguera Hotel, 304 St., Km. 3.3, La Parguera, Lajas, PR.
For Further Information Contact
Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, PR 00918-2577, telephone: (787) 766-5926.
Supplementary Information
The AP and the SSC will meet to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:
Conflict of Interest Presentation
Essential Fish Habitat
Habitat Mapping Efforts
Sustainable Fisheries Act Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
Reef Fish FMP
Overfishing Definition based on Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) Stock Assessment Needs
Queen Conch FMP Update
Monitoring Efforts
Coral FMP Update
Marine Conservation District Monitoring Effots Report of SSC Meeting
Reef Fish FMP
Update Overfishing Definition based on MSY
Other Issues
Trap Reduction Program Seasonal Closure for Spiny Lobster Banning SCUBA (Reef fish) The AP will convene on Tuesday March 2, 1999, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The SSC will convene on March 3, 1999, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The meetings are open to the public, and will be conducted in English. However, simultaneous interpretation (Spanish-English) will be available during the AP meeting (March 2, 1999). Fishers and other interested persons are invited to attend and participate with oral or written statements regarding agenda issues. Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. For more information or request for sign language interpretation and/other auxiliary aids, please contact Mr. Miguel A. Rolon, Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, PR 00918-2577, telephone: (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: February 9, 1999. Bruce C. Morehead, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 99-3683 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F