[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4598]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 022196A]

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 (Council), its 
Administrative Committee, the Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) and the Advisory Panel (AP) will hold meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on March 25-28, 1996.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the Marriott's Frenchman's Reef 
Beach Resort, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
    Council Address: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Munoz 
Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, PR 00918-2577.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council; 
telephone: (809) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold its 88th regular 
public meeting to discuss the Third Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) and the First Amendment to the Coral FMP, among 
other topics.
    The Council will convene on March 27, 1996, from 9:00 a.m. until 
5:00 p.m., and on March 28, from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 12:00 
noon.
    The Administrative Committee will meet on March 26, from 2:00 p.m. 
until 5:00 p.m., to discuss administrative matters regarding Council 
operations.
    The SSC and AP will meet on March 25, 1996, from 10:00 a.m. until 
5:00 p.m., to discuss the management alternatives for amendments to the 
Coral and Reef Fish FMPs.
    The meetings are open to the public, and will be conducted in 
English. Fishers and other interested persons are invited to attend and 
participate with oral or written statements regarding agenda issues. 
There will be simultaneous translation (Spanish-English) at the AP 
meeting only.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. For more information or requests for sign language 
interpretation and/or other auxiliary aids please contact Mr. Miguel A. 
Rolon, Executive Director, (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Dated: February 22, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-4598 Filed 2-28-96; 8:45 am]
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