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 Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a meeting.

DATES:

The AP meeting will be held on March 11, 2004, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., approximately.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 8000 Tartak St., Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto Rico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 MuÑoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, telephone: (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The AP will meet to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:

(1) Election of Officers

(2) Draft Table 14 of the Draft Sustainable Fisheries Act Document

(3) Other Business

The meeting is open to the public, and will be conducted in English. However, simultaneous interpretation (Spanish-English) will be available. 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 the subject of formal action during this meeting. 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 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 Miguel A. Rolón, Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 MuÑoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918, telephone (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.