[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52635-52636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18775]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE785


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 (Council) will hold 
its 157th meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 23-24, 2016. The Council will 
convene on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and will 
reconvene on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, 
Condado Avenue, Condado, 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; 
telephone: (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold its 157th regular 
Council Meeting to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:

August 23, 2016, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

[cir] Call to Order
[cir] Election of Officers
[cir] Adoption of Agenda
[cir] Consideration of 156th Council Meeting Verbatim Transcriptions
[cir] Executive Director's Report
[cir] Scientific and Statistical Committee Report--Dr. Richard 
Appeldoorn
    --Island Based Fishery Management Plans (IBFMPs)
    --Acceptable Biological Catch Control Rule
[cir] Island Based Fishery Management Plans (IBFMPs)
    --Goals and Objectives of IBFMPs
    --Review Action 1: Species to include for Federal Management in 
each IBFMP
    --Review Action 2: Review Consolidated List of Stocks, and Stock 
and Species Complexes
    --Review Action 3: Reference Points
    --Update SEDAR 46 U.S. Caribbean Data Limited Species-Southeast 
Fisheries Science Center
    --ABC Control Rule Work Group Report
    --Recommendations to the CFMC on ABC Control Rule
    --Consider Action 4: Framework Procedures for IBFMPs
    --Consider Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Designation for New Species 
in the IBFMPs and 5-year Review of EFH FMP
[cir] CFMC Roadmap to Complete IBFMPs
[cir] Data Collection in the USVI--Ruth G[oacute]mez
[cir] Developing a Commercial Permit Program for the Snapper Unit 2 
Fishery Operating in Puerto Rico EEZ Waters--Reconsideration of DRAFT 
Scoping Document
--PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD--(5-minutes presentations)

August 24, 2016, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

[cir] Timing of Accountability Measures
    --Results from Public Hearings
    Next Step: Consider taking final action/Review codified text
[cir] Development of Regulatory Amendment regarding ACL Overages and 
Application of Accountability Measures: Sector vs. Total ACL within a 
Fishery Management Unit
[cir] Reports to CFMC
    --Standing Committee for Recreational Sampling Plan Development
    --Connectivity Studies Seasonally Closed Areas off the West Coast 
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Puerto Rico: Fish Larvae Sources and Sinks. Where do Fish Larvae go to 
when Spawned in the ABT?--Dr. Jorge Capella
    --2015 Spiny Lobster Survey Results--Aida Rosario
    --Pelagic Fish Distribution--Ricardo L[oacute]pez
[cir] Enforcement Issues
    --Bottom Tending Gear: Legal Definition of Gear, Regulations in 
Place in Seasonally Closed Areas in the EEZ
    --Atlantic HMS Caribbean Fisheries--Delisse Ortiz
[cir] Outreach and Education Report--Dr. Alida Ort[iacute]z
[cir] MREP Update--Helena Antoun
[cir] Enforcement Reports:
    --Puerto Rico-DNER
    --U.S. Virgin Islands-DPNR
    --U.S. Coast Guard
    --NMFS/NOAA
[cir] Meetings Attended by Council Members and Staff
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD--(5-minute presentations)
[cir] Other Business
[cir] Next Meeting(s)

    The established times for addressing items on the agenda may be 
adjusted as necessary to accommodate the timely completion of 
discussion relevant to the agenda items. To further accommodate 
discussion and completion of all items on the agenda, the meeting may 
be extended from, or completed prior to the date established in this 
notice.
    The meeting is 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 group for discussion, those issues may not be subjects for 
formal action during this meeting. Actions will be restricted to those 
issues specifically identified 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 that the public has been notified of the 
Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: August 3, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-18775 Filed 8-8-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P