[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38416-38417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18413]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071101D]


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

DATES: The AP meeting will convene on Wednesday, August 8, 2001, from 
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a.m. until 4 p.m., and the SSC meeting will convene on Thursday, August 
9, 2001, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 8000 
Tartak St., Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico.

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 AP, and SSC will meet to discuss the 
items contained in the following agenda:

AP Meeting

    Amendment to the Reeffish Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
    Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA)
    Other Business

SSC Meeting

    Amendment to the Reeffish FMP
    SFA
    Other Business
    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 (August 8, 2001). 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 this group 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, (see 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 5 days prior to the meeting 
date.

    Dated: July 13, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-18413 Filed 7-23-01; 8:45 am]
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