All meetings will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Caribbean Fishery Management Council will hold Public Hearings to receive public input on a proposal Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to establish a size limit for spiny lobster imports into the United States. This action would prohibit any person in the United States from importing spiny lobster:

less than 5ounces tail weight (5 ounces is defined as a tail that weighs 4.25.4 ounces) or compliance may be demonstrated by meeting the greater than 3inch carapace length or 5.5inch tail length.

or if imported into Puerto Rico or the US Virgin Islands, less than 6.0ounces tail weight (6 ounces is defined as a tail that weighs 5.96.4 ounces) or compliance may be demonstrated by meeting the 3.5 inch carapace length or 6.2inch tail length.

additionally, the importation of lobster tail meat without the exoskeleton (shell) attached, egg bearing female lobsters, or tails stripped of eggs would be prohibited.

Written comments must be received no later than August 11, 2008, in order to be considered by NOAA Fisheries. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 268 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico 009182577, telephone: (787) 7665926.