[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 17605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8823]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040703F]


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 (CFMC) Habitat 
Advisory Panel (HAP), and the Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The HAP/SSC meeting will be held on April 24-25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Best Western Pierre Hotel, 
105 De Diego Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 
268 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1920, 
telephone: 787-766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HAP, and the SSC will meet to discuss 
the items contained in the following agenda on the Draft Essential Fish 
Habitat/Environmental Impact Statement for the CFMC:
1. Review Methodology (Sect. 2.1)
2. Review revised Human Environment (Sect. 3.3)
3. Fishing impact alternatives
    -Review list of alternatives (Sect. 2.5)
    -Discuss rationale (Sect. 2.5)
    - Discuss consequences (Sect. 4.5)
4. HAPC alternatives
    - Review list of alternatives (Sect. 2.4)
    - Discuss rationale (Sect. 2.4)
    - Discuss consequences (Sect. 4.4)
5. EFH alternatives
    - Review list of alternatives (Sect. 2.3)
    - Discuss rationale (Sect. 2.3)
    - Discuss consequences (Sect. 4.3)
6. Consequences section (Sect. 4)
    - Missing information (Sect. 4.1)
    - Cumulative impacts (Sect. 4.6)
7. Affected Environment (Sect. 3)
    - Previously discussed - additional comments?
8. Other
    The HAP/SSC will convene on Thursday, April 24, 2003, from 10 a.m. 
until 5 p.m., and will continue on Friday, April 25, 2003, from 9 a.m. 
to 4 p.m.
    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 nonemergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Committees for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Committee action during these meetings. Committee 
action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed 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 Panel'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, 00918-1920, 
telephone 787-766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 7, 2003.
Theophilus R. Brainerd,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-8823 Filed 4-9-03; 8:45 am]
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