[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 41914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16723]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC754


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) Advisory 
Panel (AP) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 7, 2013, from 10 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Caribbean Fishery Management Council Office, 270 
Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 
270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, 
telephone: (787) 766-5926.

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

August 7, 2013, 10 a.m.--4:30 p.m.

     Call to order
     Adoption of Agenda
     Review the results of the scoping meetings on the 
Development of Island-Specific Fishery Management Plans for Puerto Rico 
and the U.S. Virgin Islands:
Action 1: Establish the fishery management units (FMUs) for the 
comprehensive St. Thomas/St. John fishery management plan (FMP).
Action 2: Revise the species composition of the comprehensive St. 
Thomas/St. John FMP.
Action 3: Establish management reference points for any new species 
added to the comprehensive St. Thomas/St. John FMP.
Action 4: Modify or establish additional management measures.
     Recommendations to the CFMC
     Other business
    The established times for addressing items on the agenda may be 
adjusted as necessary to accommodate the timely completion of 
discussion relevant to the agenda items. To further accommodate 
discussion and completion of all items on the agenda, the meeting may 
be extended from, or completed prior to the date established in this 
notice.
    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 subjects for 
formal action during this meeting. Actions 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 that the public has been notified of the 
Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The 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. Rol[oacute]n, 
Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 270 
Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918, 
telephone (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: July 9, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-16723 Filed 7-11-13; 8:45 am]
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