[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64048-64049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22198]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XD86


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 Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a two-day meeting.

DATES: The SSC meeting will be held on November 29-30, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pierre Hotel at Gallery 
Plaza, De Diego Avenue, Santurce, Puerto Rico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council,

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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
     Presentation on Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs), 
Annual Catch Limits (ACLs), Accountability Measures (AMs) Guidelines, 
if available
     Presentation Data and Models for setting ACLs
     Presentation Queen Conch - David Olsen
    -Extended Closed Season/Quota for Eastern St. Croix exclusive 
economic zone (EEZ)
     Recommendations to the Caribbean Fishery Management 
Council
     Five-year Research Plan Recommendations
     Public Comment Period
     Other Business
     Next Meeting
    The SSC will convene on November 29 and November 30, 2007, from 9 
a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
    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: November 8, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-22198 Filed 11-13-07; 8:45 am]
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