[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7629-7630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3683]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020999C]
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 Advisory Panel (AP)
and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold meetings.
DATES: The AP meeting will be held on March 2, 1999, and the SSC
meeting will be held on March 3, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The AP meeting will be held at the Colony Hotel in Isla
Verde, Carolina, PR. The SSC meeting will be held at the Villa Parguera
Hotel, 304 St., Km. 3.3, La Parguera, Lajas, PR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council,
268 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, PR 00918-2577,
telephone: (787) 766-5926.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AP and the SSC will meet to discuss the
items contained in the following agenda:
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Conflict of Interest Presentation
Essential Fish Habitat
Habitat Mapping Efforts
Sustainable Fisheries Act Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
Reef Fish FMP
Overfishing Definition based on Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
Stock Assessment Needs
Queen Conch FMP Update
Monitoring Efforts
Coral FMP Update
Marine Conservation District Monitoring Effots
Report of SSC Meeting
Reef Fish FMP
Update
Overfishing Definition based on MSY
Other Issues
Trap Reduction Program
Seasonal Closure for Spiny Lobster
Banning SCUBA (Reef fish)
The AP will convene on Tuesday March 2, 1999, from 10:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. The SSC will convene on March 3, 1999, from 10:00 a.m. until
4:00 p.m.
The meetings are open to the public, and will be conducted in
English. However, simultaneous interpretation (Spanish-English) will be
available during the AP meeting (March 2, 1999). Fishers and other
interested persons are invited to attend and participate with oral or
written statements regarding agenda issues.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted
to those issues specifically listed in this notice.
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.
Rolon, Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268
Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, PR 00918-2577, telephone:
(787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: February 9, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-3683 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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