[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2968-2969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1244]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 011298A]


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) and its 
Administrative Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on February 9, 1998 through February 
12, 1998. The Council will meet on Wednesday, February 11, 1998, from 
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and reconvene on Thursday, February 12, 1998, 
at 9:00 a.m., and adjourn at approximately noon. The Administrative 
Committee will meet on Monday, February 9, 1998, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Marriott's Frenchman's Reef 
Beach Resort, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; telephone: 809-776-8500.
    Council address: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Munoz 
Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-2577; telephone: 
(787) 766-5926; fax: (787) 766-6239.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miguel A. Rolon, Council Executive 
Director, telephone: (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold its 93rd regular 
public meeting to discuss the draft Amendment 1 to the Fishery 
Management Plan for Corals and Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates 
of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands that would 
establish a Marine Conservation District (MCD). The Council will 
consider establishment of a proposed ``no-take'' MCD in the EEZ due 
south of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The Administrative Committee 
will discuss the results of the CY 96 audit; the CY 98 budget; 
Scientific and Statistical Committee/Advisory Panel membership, and 
other administrative matters. Following adjournment of the 
Administrative Committee's public meeting, the Committee will convene a 
closed session to discuss personnel matters.

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    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Council and Administrative Committee for discussion, in accordance 
with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 
those issues may not be the subject of formal Council/Committee action 
during this meeting. Council/Committee action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this 
notice.
    The meetings will be conducted in English. All interested persons 
are invited to attend and participate with oral and written statements 
regarding agenda issues.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. For more information or requests for sign language 
interpretation and other auxiliary aids, please contact the Council 
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the meeting dates.

    Dated: January 13, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-1244 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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