[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4301-4302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00738]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF157


Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 five-day meeting in San Juan, 
Puerto Rico.

DATES: The meetings will be held on February 6-10, 2017. The meeting 
will begin at 1 p.m. on February 6, 2017 and adjourn at 5 p.m. on 
February 10, 2017.

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 
SSC will hold a five-day meeting to discuss the items contained in the 
following agenda:

--Call to Order
--Adoption of Agenda
--SEDAR 46 US Caribbean Data Limited Species--Southeast Fisheries 
Science Center (SEFSC)
    Complete and final review of the revisions to the SEDAR 46 and its 
potential for OFL and/or ABC advice
--Island Based Fishery Management Plans (IBFMPs)

    The Caribbean Fishery Management Council is developing an Island 
Based FMP to manage fisheries in each Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/St. John 
and St. Croix. There are 5 Actions contained in the Draft documents but 
the SSC will be discussing Action 2 and 3 at this meeting. The Draft 
Document of Actions and Alternatives presented at the 158th

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CFMC meeting is available at www.caribbeanfmc.com.

Finalize Action 2: Establish Stock or Stock Complexes for each Puerto 
Rico, St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
    --Review Consolidated List of Stocks and Stock Complexes/Species 
Complexes--NMFS Southeast Regional Office (SERO) Update
    --SSC final recommendations to the CFMC on species/stock complexes 
groupings, and recommendations on the use of indicator species in 
Action 2 of the IBFMPs
Review/Finalize Action 3: Management Reference Points for Stocks/Stock 
for each Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP)
Action 3(a): Time Series: Select a time series of landings data to 
establish management reference points for a stock/stock complex, as 
applicable.
Action 3(b): Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) Proxy for a Stock/Stock 
Complex for each Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix FMP
Action 3(c): Overfishing Limit (OFL) for Stocks/Stocks Complexes for 
each Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix FMP
Action 3(d): Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) Control Rule for Stocks/
Stocks Complexes for each Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/St. John and St. 
Croix FMP.
Action 3(e): Optimum Yield (OY) and Annual Catch Limit (ACL) for 
Stocks/Stocks Complexes for each Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/St. John and 
St. Croix FMP.
    --SSC final recommendations to the Council on Action 3 of the 
IBFMPs: Process for setting Reference Points, MSY proxies, OFL, ABC for 
species/species complexes/groupings
--Other Business
--Next Meeting

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: January 10, 2017.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-00738 Filed 1-12-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P