[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 32 (Friday, February 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 7606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2736]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 021207G]


Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's (Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The SSC meeting will be held on March 7, 2007, from 10 a.m. 
until 4 p.m., approximately.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pierre Hotel at Gallery 
Plaza, 105 Jose de Diego Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00914.

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 SSC will meet to discuss the items 
contained in the following agenda:
    Call to order
    Data and Stock Assessment Needs to End Overfishing and Set Annual 
Catch Limits for Species Under Management
    Presentation and Review of Dr. David Olsen's Data on the Status of 
the St. Thomas/St. John Fisheries
    Discussion on the Sale of Catch by Charter Boats/Recreational 
Fishers in the US Caribbean (White Paper)
    Other Business
    Discussion on Vermillion Snapper and Queen Snapper Place in the 
Management Groups
    The meeting is 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

    This meeting is 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: February 12, 2007.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-2736 Filed 2-15-07; 8:45 am]
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