[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66041-66042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27582]


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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.

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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 Mu[ntilde]oz 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

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--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. Rol[oacute]n, 
Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 
Mu[ntilde]oz 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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