[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 142 (Monday, July 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48394-48395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17450]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE747


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.

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SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a three-day meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on August 17-19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Council Office: 270 
Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 
270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-
1903, telephone (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a three-day 
meeting to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:

--Call to Order
--Adoption of Agenda
--Island Based Fishery Management Plans (IBFMPs)
    --Review Goals and Objectives of the IBFMPs
    --Finalize Action 1: Species to include for federal management in 
each IBFMP
    --Recommendations to the Caribbean Fishery Management Council 
(CFMC)
    --Review/Finalize Action 2: Review Consolidated List of Stocks and 
Stock Complexes/Species Complexes--NMFS Southeast Regional Office 
(SERO) Update
    --Recommendations to CFMC
    --Review Action 3: Reference Points
    --Update SEDAR 46 US Caribbean Data Limited Species--Southeast 
Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
    --Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) Control Rule Work Group Report
    --Brief review of ABC Control Rule
    --Examples of ABC Control Rules: South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, 
Western Pacific Councils
    --Discussion on tiers ABC Control Rule
    --Evaluation of components of uncertainty
    --Potential guidance coming out of data poor models (Overfishing 
Limit (OFL) and ABC advice)
    --Review U.S. Caribbean landings data (commercial and recreational) 
for entire historical series
    --Recommendations to the SSC from the ABC Working Group
    --Recommendations to the CFMC on ABC Control Rule
    --Consider Action 4: Framework Procedures for the IBFMP
--Finalize 5-year CFMC--Other Business

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. 
Rol[oacute]n, Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 
270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 
00918-1903, telephone (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Dated: July 19, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-17450 Filed 7-22-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P