[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 40169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19152]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XQ87


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 (CFMC) Scientific 
and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The SSC meeting will be held on August 31, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. 
until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel at Gallery 
Plaza (former Pierre Hotel), De Diego Avenue, Santurce, 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 SSC will meet to discuss the items 
contained in the following agenda:
    Call to order
    Update since the last meeting/131st CFMC meeting
    SEFSC Update
    Discussion of the development of an objective procedure to 
provide advice to the CFMC on catch limits in the short term based on 
informed judgment
    Guidance to the CFMC regarding catch limits for species 
undergoing overfishing
    Other Business
    Next Meeting
    The SSC will convene on August 31st, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. until 5 
p.m. The meeting is open to the public, and will be conducted in 
English.
    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: August 6, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-19152 Filed 8-10-09; 8:45 am]
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