# 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 (Council) will hold meetings.
**DATES:**
The meetings will be held on March 26-27, 2002. The Council will convene on Tuesday, March 26, 2002, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and on Wednesday, March 27, 2002, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., approximately. A public comment period for Dolphin/Wahoo FMP will be open from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., on March 26, 2002, to allow the general public and interested persons to provide their comments on the Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
**ADDRESSES:**
The meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn of Ponce and Tropical Casino, 3315 Ponce By Pass, Ponce, Puerto Rico 00731.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-2577, telephone (787) 766-5926.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The Council will hold its 107th regular public meeting to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:
**Call to Order**
**Adoption of Agenda**
**Consideration of 106th Council Meeting Verbatim Minutes**
**Executive Director’s Report**
Mr. Gerson Martínez Letter
**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. Rolón, Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918-2577, telephone (787) 766-5926, at least five days prior to the meeting date.
**Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)**
New Regulations - Rickey Reubsamen
NMFS Conservation Habitat Caribbean Office - L.M. Carrubba
EFH Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) - MRAG Americas, Inc.
National Ocean Service Benthic Maps of the U.S. Caribbean
**Final Presentation**
**1:30 to 2:30 p.m. - Public Comment Period Dolphin/Wahoo FMP/DEIS**
**Discussion and Council Decision on Dolphin/Wahoo**
**Administrative Committee Meeting**
**Queen Conch FMP Schedule**
**Sustainable Fisheries Act Update**
**Fishery Agreements - Department of State**
**Enforcement**
Vessel Monitoring System - F. Kyle
U.S. Coast Guard
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
NMFS
**Reeffish FMP**
Hyperbaric Chamber and Diving Accidents Report - J. Figueroa
Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistical Survey-Protected Resources Statistics - L.M. Yoshiura
Regulatory Amendment
**Recommendations by Administrative Committee at its March 26, 2002 Meeting**
**Meetings Attended by Council Members and Staff**
**Other Business**
Navassa Island Presentation - U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Department of Interior
**Next Council Meeting**
The meetings are open to the public, and will be conducted in English. However, simultaneous interpretation (Spanish-English) will be available during the Council meeting on March 26-27, 2002. 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 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.
Dated: March 5, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.