[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 28 (Thursday, February 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 7034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3011]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XN26


Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings of the Annual Catch Limit Plan 
Development Group (ACLG) and Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC).

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SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery Management Council will hold meetings of 
its ACLG and SSC.

DATES: The ACLG will meet on February 23-25, 2009, and the SSC will 
meet on February 26-27, 2009. Both meetings will be held at the Embassy 
Suites Hotel, located at 8080 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; 
telephone: (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACLG will meet to discuss the items 
contained in the following agenda:

February 23, 2009

9:30 a.m. - 12 noon

    Call to Order
    Welcome (Mr. E. Pineiro-Soler, CFMC Chair)
    Introduction and Overview (Mr. Miguel A. Rolon, CFMC 
Executive Director)
    Final Guidelines Update (Dr. Andy Strelcheck)
    Overview of ACLG (Annual Catch Limit Plan Development 
Group) Terms of Reference (TOR)
    Report from the SEDAR Caribbean Data Evaluation Workshop 
(Dr. Todd Gedamke)
    Data Availability on Fisheries Overfished and Undergoing 
Overfishing and Other Fisheries
    Data Availability for (1) USVI (St. Thomas) (W. Tobias); (2) USVI 
(St. Croix) (W. Tobias); and (3) Puerto Rico (Daniel Matos)
    SEDAR Summary Table on benchmarks and/or Overfishing Limit Advice
    National SSC Meeting Report (Dr. J. Berkson)
    Presentation on USVI Approach to ACLs (Dr. D. Olsen)

12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

    Review Ault and Appeldoorn Papers (Presentation)
    Other Business
    Recreational Fishing (G. Garcia-Moliner)
    Monitoring of Regulations in Place (G. Garcia-Moliner)

February 24, 2009

9 a.m. - 12 noon; 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

    Questions to Answer:
    USVI Group - (Leader: Todd Gedamke)
    St. Thomas/St. John
    St. Croix
    PR Group - (Leader: Noemi Pena)

February 25, 2009

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

    Report from USVI (Dr. Todd Gedamke)
    Report from Puerto Rico (Ms. Noemi Pena)
    Determination of ACLs and AMs
    By Fishery (SFA Units: Groupers Unit 4, Parrotfishes, Queen Conch, 
etc.)
    By Species
    By Area
    By Gear
    Recommendations to the SSC (TORs)
    Other Business
    Next Meeting
    The SSC will meet to discuss the items contained in the following 
agenda:

February 26-27, 2009

9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

    Call to Order
    Annual Catch Limits(ACL)/Accountability Measures(AM)Final 
Guidelines - Andy Strelcheck
    ACLG Report
    National SSC Report
    Recommendations to the CFMC
    SEDAR Report
    Other Business
    Next Meeting

Special Accommodations

    The 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; telephone: (787) 766-
5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: February 9, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-3011 Filed 2-11-09; 8:45 am]
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