[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4001-4002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00913]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA806]


Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's (Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the Ecosystem-Based 
Fishery Management Technical Advisory Panel (EBFM TAP) will hold a two-
day public virtual meeting each, to address the items contained in the 
tentative agenda included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The SSC and 
TAP will hold a one-day joint public virtual meeting.

DATES: The public virtual meetings will be held as follows:
    SSC, February 1-2, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; SSC and EBFM TAP 
joint meeting, February 3, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; and EBFM 
TAP meeting, February 4, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and February 5, 
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. All meetings will be at Atlantic Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: You may join the SSC and TAP public virtual meetings via 
Zoom, from a computer, tablet or smartphone by entering the following 
address:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87172662536?pwd=dlR3VnVCem5uV1JHa2hiSGZjTVMwZz09
Meeting ID: 871 7266 2536
Passcode: 998029
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Meeting ID: 871 7266 2536
Passcode: 998029
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kv014d48Y
    In case there are problems and we cannot reconnect via Zoom, the 
meeting will continue using GoToMeeting. You may join from a computer, 
tablet or smartphone by entering the following address:
    Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/715099885
    Join from a video-conferencing room or system.

    Dial in or type: 67.217.95.2 or inroomlink.goto.com Meeting ID: 715 
099 885 Or dial directly: [email protected] or 
67.217.95.2##715099885 New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready 
when the meeting starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/715099885.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Graciela Garc[iacute]a-Moliner, 
Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, 
Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1903, telephone: (787) 403-8337.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items included in the 
tentative agendas will be discussed:

SSC Meeting

February 1, 2021

10 a.m.-10:15 a.m. AST
--Call to Order
--Roll Call
--Adoption of Agenda
10:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
--Overview and Discussion SSC's Ecosystem Conceptual Model (ECM) Work 
to Date--Richard Appeldoorn (Presented at 172nd CFMC Meeting)
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
--Lunch
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
--Review and Finalize Ecosystem Conceptual Model
3 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
--Break
3:15 p.m.-5 p.m.
--Finalize Ecosystem Conceptual Model
--One ECM or 3 ECMs, one each for Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/St. John and 
St. Croix?
--ECM integration into EBFM
--SSC Recommendations to the CFMC

February 2, 2021

10 a.m.-12 p.m. AST
--Update Spiny Lobster Acceptable Biological Catch--Adyan Rios, SEFSC
--IBFMP Spiny Lobster Amendment--Sarah Stephenson, SERO Review 
Components of the Draft Framework Amendment to the Puerto Rico, St. 
Thomas/St. John, and St. Croix Fishery Management Plans (FMP) to Modify 
Spiny Lobster Management Reference Points Based on SEDAR 57 Stock 
Assessments.
12 noon-1 p.m.
--Lunch
1 p.m.-3 p.m.
--SSC Recommendations to CFMC on Spiny Lobster
3 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
--Break
3:15 p.m.-5 p.m.
--Other Business

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SSC and EBFM TAP Joint Meeting

February 3, 2021

10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. AST
--Call to Order
--Roll Call
--Presentation: Puerto Rico [long-term] Coral Reef Monitoring Program 
(PRCRMP) data layer in the MBON Data Portal--Miguel Figuerola 
Hern[aacute]ndez, PRDNER/CARICOOS
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
--General Discussion by SSC/TAP
--Other Business
--Joint SSC/TAP Next Meeting

EBFM TAP Meeting

February 4, 2021

10 a.m.-10:15 a.m. AST
--Call to Order
--Roll Call
--Adoption of the Agenda
--Review of Minutes from Virtual Meeting (August 3-4, 2020).
10:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
--Update--Ecosystem-Based Efforts: What is Going on?
a. Lenfest--JJ Cruz Motta, Tarsila Seara, Stacey Williams
b. Stakeholders Meetings--Ori Tzadik
c. Outreach and education Efforts on ECM- Alida Ortiz
d. SEAMAP-Caribbean update--JJ Cruz Motta
e. Status of the Ecosystem (ESR)--Kelly Montenero, SEFSC
f. SSC Report--Richard Appeldoorn, SSC Chair
g. DAPs CMs--Liajay Rivera Garc[iacute]a/Graciela Garc[iacute]a-Moliner
h. Marine Protected Areas Diana Beltr[aacute]n
i. Other efforts: MBON USVI, MBON Mesophotic data
j. Relationship and Synergy Among All Points Above and IBFMPs
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
--Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
--Development of the Fishery Ecosystem Plan -Update
--Purpose and Need/Goals and Objectives
--Management/Legal Background Update
2 p.m.-5 p.m.
--Island-Based Considerations Update--Mar[iacute]a L[oacute]pez, SERO
--New considerations of Amendments
a. U.S. Virgin Islands
i. St. Croix
ii. St. Thomas/St. John
b. Puerto Rico
--U.S. Caribbean Considerations
a. SERO/NOAA Restoration Center
b. NMFS/SERO Habitat Conservation Division
--Caribbean Basin Considerations
--Regional/Global Considerations
--Management Within an Ecosystem Context
--Research Needs

February 5, 2021

9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. AST
--Continue Discussion from Previous Day
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
--Break
10:45 a.m.-12 p.m.
--Recommendations to the CFMC
--Other Business
--Adjourn

    The order of business may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate 
the completion of agenda items. The meetings will begin on February 1, 
2021, at 10 a.m. AST, and will end on February 5, 2021, at 12 p.m. AST. 
Other than the start time, interested parties should be aware that 
discussions may start earlier or later than indicated, at the 
discretion of the Chairs. In addition, the meetings may be completed 
prior to the date established in this notice.
    For any additional information on these public virtual meetings, 
please contact Dr. Graciela Garc[iacute]a-Moliner, Caribbean Fishery 
Management Council, 270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San 
Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918-1903, telephone: (787) 403-8337.

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)

    Dated: January 12, 2021.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-00913 Filed 1-14-21; 8:45 am]
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