[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 41989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16907]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD391


Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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

DATES: The SSC meetings will be held on August 5-7, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Caribbean Fishery 
Management Council Headquarters, 270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, 4th 
Floor, 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 SSC will meet to discuss the items 
contained in the following agenda:

August 5, 2014

1. Abrir La Sierra, Bajo de Sico and Tourmaline Compatibility
    a. Results from Public Hearings.
    b. Recommendations to CFMC
2. Evaluating criteria for inclusion of species into Island based 
FMPs.
    a. Continue developing criteria

August 6, 2014

3. Evaluating criteria for inclusion/exclusions of species into 
Island based FMPs (continued).
    a. Finalize Criteria
4. SEFSC Update
5. ACL Control Rule.
    a. Results from scoping meetings.
    b. Recommendations to the CFMC

August 7, 2014

Other Business

6. Ecosystem Issues--Walter Ingram
7. Five-year research plan
8. Guidelines for peer-review of external stock assessments

Other Business

    Adjourn

    The SSC will convene on August 5, 2014, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., 
on August 6, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on August 7, from 9 a.m. 
to 12 noon. The meetings are 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 these meetings. 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 intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    These 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. 
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 15, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-16907 Filed 7-17-14; 8:45 am]
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