[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28237]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 110201B]


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 28-29, 2001. The Council 
will convene on Wednesday, November 28, 2001, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 
p.m. through Thursday, November 29, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 
approximately.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Beach 
Club and Resort, St. Thomas, 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 106th regular 
public meeting to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:
    Call to Order
    Adoption of Agenda
    Consideration of 105th Council Meeting Summary Minutes
    Executive Director's Report
    Queen Conch Fisheries/Fishery Management Plan (QCFMP)
    -Honduras Fisheries - Mr. Luis Morales
    -U.S. Caribbean Data Update - Mrs. Monica Valle
    -QCFMP Amendment 2/Supplementary Environmental Impact
    Statement/UPDATE - E.V.E. Joy & J. Weaver
    Reeffish Fisheries
    -U.S. Caribbean Data Update - Dr. Nancie Cummings
    -Marine Conservation District Update - Dr. Rick Nemeth
    -Draft Amendment 4 to the Reeffish FMP
    -Permit System
    -Puerto Rico - R. Martinez
    -U.S. Virgin Islands - B. Kojis
    -Federal Government - B. Sutter
    Administrative Committee Meeting
    Dolphin/Wahoo FMP
    -Council Consideration of Comments Received on Draft Enviromental 
Impact Statement
    -Final Action - Submission to the Secretary
    Essential Fish Habitat Option Paper - MRAG Americas
    Enforcement
    -Federal Government
    -Puerto Rico
    -U.S. Virgin Islands
    Recommendations by the Administrative Committee
    Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)/Advisory Panel (AP)/
Habitat AP Membership
    Meetings Attended by Council Members and Staff
    -International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas 
(ICCAT) Committee Meeting -Gulf and Caribbean Fishery Institute (GCFI) 
Meeting -Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC) Meeting -Western 
Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Meeting
    Other Business
    Next Council Meeting
    Meetings Attended by Council Members and Staff
    Other Business
    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 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, 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: November 2, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-28237 Filed 11-8-01; 8:45 am]
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