[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27700]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 101700G]


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) will hold 
meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on November 14-15, 2000. The Council 
will convene on Tuesday, November 14, 2000, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 
through Wednesday, November 15, 2000, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, 
approximately.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Divi Carina Bay Resort and 
Casino, 25 Estate Turnerhole, Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 
268 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-2577, 
telephone: (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold its 102nd regular 
public meeting to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:
    Call to Order
    Adoption of Agenda
    Consideration of 101st Council Meeting Summary Minutes
    Executive Director's Report
    Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Final Action
    -Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)/Advisory Panel (AP) 
Minutes
    -Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting Report
    Queen Conch FMP Final Action
    -Continuation of Discussion of Management Measures
    -Honduras-Jamaica Meeting Report
    Essential Fish Habitat
    -Habitat AP Meeting Minutes
    Other Business
    -AP Membership

Next Council Meeting

    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.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

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, Puerto Rico, 00918-2577, 
telephone: (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 20, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-27700 Filed 10-26-00; 8:45 am]
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