[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13580-13581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04965]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF277


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 (Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a 5-day meeting in 
San Juan, Puerto Rico.

DATES: The meetings will be held on April 3-7, 2017. The meeting will 
begin at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 3, 2017. On Tuesday, April 4 through 
Friday, April 7, 2017, the meetings will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 
5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Council's 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 Council's SSC will hold a 5-day meeting 
to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:

--Call to Order
--Adoption of Agenda
--Report from the DAPs Meetings (March 7-8, 2017)
--Action 3: Management Reference Points for Stocks/Stock for each 
Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP): Process for setting Reference Points, MSY proxies, OFL, ABC for 
species/species complexes/groupings

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    How indicator species will be employed?
    Time Series: Select a time series of landings data to establish 
management reference points for a stock/stock complex, as applicable.
    Determination of likely stock/complex status
    Define process for determination of scalars used in ABC Control 
Rule
    Define process for determination of buffers used in ABC Control 
Rule
    Determine References Points (e.g., OFL, ABC) for species/species 
groupings for each Island
--Use of multi-year sequences for comparison to OFL (NS1)
--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: March 9, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-04965 Filed 3-13-17; 8:45 am]
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