76 FR 206 pgs. 66041-66042 - Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Type: NOTICEVolume: 76Number: 206Pages: 66041 - 66042
FR document: [FR Doc. 2011-27582 Filed 10-24-11; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA762
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.
SUMMARY:
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.
DATES:
The SSC meeting will be held on November 15-16, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting is open to the public, and will be conducted in English.
ADDRESSES:
The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 8000 Tartak Street, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00979.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Muñoz 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:
November 15, 2011-9 a.m.
-Call to order
-Discuss the legal responsibility of the SSC for providing OFL and ABC recommendations to the CFMC for species not undergoing overfishing and are not overfished (NOAA Legal Counsel)
-Revisit spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) recommendations for OFL ABC based on information provided by SERO/SEFSC/USVI DPNR/PRDNER for both Puerto Rico and the USVI
-Discuss whether a pilot ERAEF study in St. Thomas, USVI should be funded by the CFMC and discuss the scope of work, if it is recommended that such a project be funded
November 16, 2011-9 a.m.
-Continue discussion and make a recommendation to the CFMC regarding funding a pilot ERAEF study in St. Thomas, USVI
-Review fishery monitoring programs and provide recommendations
-Old business
-New business
-Next meeting
-Adjourn
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. Rolón, Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1920, telephone: (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: October 20, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-27582 Filed 10-24-11; 8:45 am]
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