[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 21767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09951]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG197


Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public webinar meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's (Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a one-day webinar 
meeting to address the Council's Terms of Reference contained in the 
agenda in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 29, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 
Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: You may join the SSC Webinar meeting from a computer, tablet 
or smartphone by entering the following address: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/374054789. You can also dial in using your 
phone. United States: +1 (408) 650-3123, Access Code: 374-054-789. If 
joining from a video-conferencing room or system dial 
67.217.95.2##374054789 Cisco devices: [email protected].
    The meeting may be extended from, or completed prior to the time 
established in this notice.

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 agenda will consist of the discussion of 
the following Terms of Reference:
    1. Confirm the landings year sequence to be used to calculate the 
sustainable yield level (SYL) for Puerto Rico recreational jacks;
    2. Clarify the process for calculating SYL and acceptable 
biological catch (ABC) for stock complexes with two indicator species 
(Tier 4a);
    3. Finalize indicator species selection for Grouper Unit 5 and 
Snapper Unit 3 in St. Croix and for Grouper Unit 4 in St. Thomas/St. 
John;
    4. Reconsider tier assignment for Grouper Unit 4 (St. Thomas/St. 
John) and Grouper Unit 5 (St. Croix) presently assigned to Tier 4b;
    5. Reconsider ad hoc ABC for St. Croix queen conch;
    6. Determine whether to use the alternative year sequences for St. 
Croix and St. Thomas/St. John proposed by the Southeast Fisheries 
Science Center (Tiers 4a and 4b);
    7. For each stock/complex included in Tier 4b, a) establish scalar 
for determining SYL, and b) finalize scientific uncertainty buffer for 
SYL to ABC;
    8. Clarify whether to include an additional buffer reduction to 
account for scientific uncertainty resulting from the reallocation of 
unspecified landings (Tiers 4a and 4b);
    9. Address the Council's directive to remove additional reductions 
proposed by the SSC to be applied to the SYL for ecologically important 
species; and
    10. Address the summary report from the February/March 2018 SSC 
meeting
    This webinar meeting will be chaired by Dr. Richard Appeldoorn and 
moderated by Atty. Jocelyn D'Ambrosio.

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: May 7, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-09951 Filed 5-9-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P