[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]


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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:

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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]
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