# Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice of public meeting.
**SUMMARY:**
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's Advisory Panel and Ad Hoc Committee will meet.
**DATES:**
The meeting will be held on October 22, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
**ADDRESSES:**
The meeting will be held at the Verdanza Hotel, 8020 Tartak St. Isla Verde, Puerto Rico 00909.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 270 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, telephone (787) 766-5926.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The AP and Ad Hoc will meet to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:
• Call to Order
• Adoption of Agenda
• Presentation of new model for socio-economic considerations in closed seasons to comply with ACL
• Discussion
• Recommendations to CFMC
• Other Business
The AP and Ad Hoc meeting will convene on October 22, 2013, from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
The meeting is open to the public, and will be conducted in English. However, simultaneous interpretation (English-Spanish) will be provided. Fishers and other interested persons are invited to attend and participate with oral or written statements regarding agenda issues.
**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, 270 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918, telephone (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: September 25, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.