[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 3895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1692]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011204C]


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

DATES: The HAP/SSC meetings will be held on February 11-12, 2004. The 
HAP/SSC will convene on Wednesday, February 11, 2004, from 10 a.m. 
until 5 p.m., and will reconvene on Thursday, February 12, 2004, from 9 
a.m. to 12 noon, approximately.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 
8000, Tartak St., Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00979.

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:
    1. Review draft response from the Caribbean Council and NOAA 
Fisheries to public comments, and recommend changes as appropriate to 
the essential fish habitat/environmental impact statement (EFH/EIS).
    2. Review draft revisions to EIS, resulting from public comments 
and internal review, and recommend changes as appropriate to the EFH/
EIS.
    3. Other.
    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, 00918-1920, 
telephone (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 21, 2004.
Peter H. Fricke,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-1692 Filed 1-26-04; 8:45 am]
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