Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 185 / Friday, September 22, 2000 / Notices 57317

Dated: September 15, 2000.

Karen Brown,

Deputy Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 091800D]

Caribbean Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery

Management Council’s Scientific and

Statistical Committee (SSC), Advisory

Panel (AP), and Habitat Advisory Panel

(HAP), will hold meetings.

DATES: The first meeting will be held

October 10, 2000; the second, October

11, 2000; and, the third, October 13,

2000; all three will last from l0 a.m. to

4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: All three meetings will be

held at the Travelodge Hotel, Isla Verde

Avenue, Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto

Rico.

Council address: Caribbean Fishery

Management Council, 268 Munoz

Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, PR

009l8-2577.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Telephone: 787-766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

agenda items discussed by the SSC, AP,

and HAP will be as follows:

SSC—Tuesday, October 10, 2000, from

10-4 p.m.

-Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery Management

Plan (FMP)

-Queen Conch Amendment Update

-Sustainable Fisheries Act

-Other Business

AP—Wednesday, October 11, 2000,

from l0-4 p.m.

-Dolphin/Wahoo FMP

-Conch FMP Amendment

-Other Business

-Simultaneous interpretation

(Spanish-English) will be available

during the AP meeting.

HAP—Friday, October 13, 2000, from

10-4 p.m.

-Essential Fish Habitat

-Coral FMP

-Task Force Report

These meetings are open to the

public, and will be conducted in

English. 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 Council for discussion, in

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, those issues may not be the subject

of formal Council action during this

meeting. Action will be restricted to

those issues specifically listed 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

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr.

Miguel A. Rolon, 787-766-5926 at least

5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: September 19, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 091500A]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will convene

separate public meetings of its Shrimp

Advisory Panel(AP) and its Standing

and Special Shrimp Scientific and

Statistical Committees (SSCs).

DATES: The Shrimp AP meeting will be

held on Monday, October 9, 2000,

beginning at 9 a.m. The Standing and

Special Shrimp SSCs’ meeting will be

held on Tuesday, October 10, 2000,

beginning at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the New Orleans Airport Hilton Hotel,

901 Airline Highway, Kenner,

Louisiana; telephone 504-469-5000.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

Florida, 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Richard Leard, Senior Fishery Biologist,

at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

Florida, 33619; telephone 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Shrimp AP and the Standing and

Special Shrimp SSCs will convene to

review Draft Amendment 11 to the

Shrimp Fishery Management Plan. This

amendment contains alternatives for

requiring shrimp vessel permits and/or

shrimp vessel registration, operator

permits, and prohibiting trap gear in the

royal red shrimp fishery of the exclusive

economic zone (EEZ). The Shrimp AP

may develop recommendations to the

Council regarding these alternatives.

The Shrimp AP also will discuss, and

possibly make recommendations to

define, ‘‘to the extent practicable’’ under

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act, that

requires the Regional Fishery

Management Councils to reduce bycatch

‘‘to the extent practicable.’’

The Shrimp AP consists principally of

commercial shrimp fishermen, dealers,

and association representatives.

Although other non-emergency issues

not on the 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 these meetings.

Actions of these groups will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agendas and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council’s intent to take

action to address the emergency.

Copies of the agenda can be obtained

by calling 813-228-2815. This meeting is

physically accessible to people with

disabilities. Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Anne Alford at the

Council (see ADDRESSES) by October 2,

2000.

Dated: September 18, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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