[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10173-10174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03810]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB825]


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) 
Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Technical Advisory Panel (EBFM TAP) 
will hold a two-day hybrid meeting to address the items on the 
tentative agenda included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The EBFM TAP hybrid meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 16, 
2022, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, March 17, 2022, from 9 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. The meeting will be at Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: You may join the EBFM TAP hybrid meeting via Zoom from a 
computer, tablet or smartphone by entering the following address:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 agenda will be discussed:

March 16, 2022

9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

--Roll Call
--Adoption of Agenda
--Approval of Minutes
--TAP Chair Introduction-Sennai Habtes

9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

--Ecosystem Components On-Going Work

9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

--Smithsonian Mangrove Project US Caribbean--Susan Kotikot, Steven 
Canty

10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

--Break

10:40 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

--Mellivora Consulting Conceptual Models--Michelle Duval

11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

--Introduction of NOAA-Fisheries SEFSC Caribbean Branch Staff 
(Strategic Plan)
--Southeast Fishery Science Center (SEFSC) Inventory Update--Kevin 
McCarthy and Rachel Eckley

11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

--SEDAR-Stock Assessment Matrix--Kevin McCarthy, SEFSC

12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.

--Lunch Break

1:15 p.m.-1:45 p.m.

--Net Gain Alliance--Improve Data for Fisheries Data Needs: Digital 
Modernization Project -(https://www.netgainsalliance.org/)

1:45 p.m.-2:05 p.m.

--EBFM Workshop Summary--Tauna Rankin (EBFM Working Group's Workshop on 
Ecosystem Status Report Applications)

2:05 p.m.-2:20 p.m.

--CFMC's Outreach and Education Advisory Panel Update: Public 
Engagement--Alida Ort[iacute]z

2:20 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

--Break

2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.

--Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Product Development

2:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.

--Integrative analyses and visualization of SEAMAP-Caribbean (SEAMAP-C) 
data in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands (aka The Gold Copy)--JJ 
Cruz Motta

3:15 p.m.-4 p.m.

--Ecosystem Status Report: Ecosystem Indicators--Kelly Montenero, Mandy 
Karnauskas, SEFSC

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4 p.m.-5 p.m.

--Sargasso Mapping--William Hern[aacute]ndez/Roy Armstrong
--Sargasso Impacts on Plankton and Hypoxia--[Aacute]urea 
Rodr[iacute]guez, Ernesto Otero
--CARICOOS Science: Oceanography and Biology--Julio Morell

March 17, 2022

9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

--Fishery Ecosystem Plan Product Development (Continue)
--Status of Lenfest Conceptual Models--Tarsila Seara
--Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)-District Advisory Panels 
(DAPs) Models --Liajay Rivera, Richard Appeldoorn
--Plan to Meld Conceptual Models--Potentially Create Task Force--Orian 
Tzadik
--Risk Assessment and Ecosystem Indicators--Tauna Rankin, JJ Mota, 
Richard Appeldoorn.
--Future Fishery Ecosystem Plan Product Development Discussion (Goals 
and Objectives-CFMC)
--How to Develop Strategic Objectives
--Outreach to Other Territorial and Federal Agencies About Impacts to 
Marine Environment that Affects EBFM
--Lenfest Stakeholder Involvement Project
--How to Develop Operational Objectives
--Overall FEP Outline (Review)

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

--Lunch Break

1:30 p.m.-5 p.m.

--Other Themes for Discussion
--Status of Data Repository/Needs--Day 1 (Lenfest-Stacey Williams; 
SEAMAP-C JJ Cruz Motta; other data sets--Orian Tzadik)
--SEFSC Caribbean Branch Data Set Update--Kevin McCarthy
--Legislative Update--Atlas (Marine Protected Areas, Area Based 
Management)
--Other EBFM Project Incorporation--Sennai Habtes and Kevin McCarthy
    The order of business may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate 
the completion of agenda items. The meeting will begin on March 16, 
2022, at 9 a.m. EST, and will end on March 17, 2022 at 5 p.m. EST. 
Other than the start time, interested parties should be aware that 
discussions may start earlier or later than indicated, at the 
discretion of the Chair.

Special Accommodations

    For any additional information on this hybrid meeting, 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: February 17, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-03810 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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