81_FR_37297 81 FR 37186 - Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

81 FR 37186 - Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 111 (June 9, 2016)

Page Range37186-37187
FR Document2016-13652

The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 156th meeting.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37186-37187]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13652]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE652


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 (Council) will hold 
its 156th meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 28-29, 2016. The Council will 
convene on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will 
reconvene on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Buccaneer Hotel, 5007 Shoys, Christiansted, USVI 00820.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 
270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, 
telephone (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold its 156th regular 
Council Meeting to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:

June 28, 2016, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

[cir] Call to Order
[cir] Adoption of Agenda
[cir] Consideration of 155th Council Meeting Verbatim Transcriptions
[cir] Executive Director's Report
[cir] SSC Report--Dr. Richard Appeldoorn
[cir] Island Based FMP Developments Status and Next Steps
    Council DRAFT goals and objectives
    Action 1--Species to include for federal management
    Action 2--Assigning species to complexes
     --Working group report
     --Council guidance on alternative groupings
    Action 3--Developing reference points, including ABCs and ACLs
     --ABC Control Rule
     --Working group report
     --Council guidance on ABC Control Rule structure and alternatives
    Action 4--Framework measures
[cir] Timing of Accountability Measures
    New Action 5
    Final selection of preferred alternatives
    Council direction to staff on next steps, including scheduling 
public hearings
[cir] Developing permits for fishing activities in federal waters
    Puerto Rico Snapper Unit 2 DRAFT scoping document
    St. Thomas USVI spiny lobster white paper
[cir] AM-based closures--2016 species/species complexes and closure 
dates
--PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD--
    (5-minutes presentations)

June 28, 2016, 5:15 p.m.-6 p.m.

[cir] Administrative Matters
    --Budget Update FY 16
    --Other Administrative Business
    --Closed Session

June 29, 2016, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

--Standing Committee or AP for Recreational Sampling Plan Development
[cir] Exempting Fishing Permit Application-Puerto Rico Department of 
Natural and Environmental Resources
[cir] Presentations:
    --Spiny Lobster Project--Carlos Velazquez
    --SEFSC: Caribbean Regional Action Plan for the National Climate 
Science Strategy
[cir] Outreach and Education Report--Dr. Alida Ort[iacute]z
[cir] MREP Update--Helena Antoun
[cir] Enforcement Issues:
    --Puerto Rico-DNER
    --U.S. Virgin Islands-DPNR
    --U.S. Coast Guard
    --NMFS/NOAA
[cir] Meetings Attended by Council Members and Staff
--PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD--
(5-minute presentations)
[cir] Other Business

    The established times for addressing items on the agenda may be 
adjusted as necessary to accommodate the timely completion of 
discussion relevant to the agenda items. To further accommodate 
discussion and completion of all items on the agenda, the meeting may 
be extended from, or completed prior to the date established in this 
notice.
    The meeting is open to the public, and will be conducted in 
English. Fishers and other interested persons are invited to attend and 
participate with oral or written statements regarding agenda issues.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be subjects for 
formal action during this meeting. Actions will be restricted to those 
issues specifically identified in this notice, and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under 
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management

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Act, provided that the public has been notified of the Council's intent 
to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is 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, 
telephone (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: June 6, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-13652 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

37186 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Notices 5. September 1, 2016, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE scoping document Holiday Inn Express, 210 Seminole St. Thomas USVI spiny lobster white Boulevard, Largo FL 33770. National Oceanic and Atmospheric paper 6. September 6, 2016, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Administration Æ AM-based closures—2016 species/ Hilton Garden Inn, 55 Town Center RIN 0648–XE652 species complexes and closure Boulevard, Palm Coast, FL 32164. dates Caribbean Fishery Management —PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD— Registration Council; Public Meeting (5-minutes presentations) To register for a scheduled Protected AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries June 28, 2016, 5:15 p.m.–6 p.m. Species Safe Handling, Release, and Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Æ Administrative Matters Identification Workshop, please contact Commerce. —Budget Update FY 16 Angler Conservation Education at (386) —Other Administrative Business 682–0158. ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. —Closed Session Registration Materials SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery June 29, 2016, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Management Council (Council) will To ensure that workshop certificates hold its 156th meeting. —Standing Committee or AP for are linked to the correct permits, Recreational Sampling Plan DATES: The meeting will be held on June participants will need to bring the Development 28–29, 2016. The Council will convene following specific items with them to Æ Exempting Fishing Permit on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, from 9 a.m. the workshop: to 5 p.m., and will reconvene on Application-Puerto Rico • Individual vessel owners must Wednesday, June 29, 2016, from 9 a.m. Department of Natural and bring a copy of the appropriate to 5 p.m. Environmental Resources swordfish and/or shark permit(s), a copy ADDRESSES: The Buccaneer Hotel, 5007 Æ Presentations: of the vessel registration or Shoys, Christiansted, USVI 00820. —Spiny Lobster Project—Carlos documentation, and proof of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Velazquez identification. Caribbean Fishery Management Council, —SEFSC: Caribbean Regional Action • Representatives of a business- 270 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, Plan for the National Climate owned or co-owned vessel must bring San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, telephone Science Strategy proof that the individual is an agent of (787) 766–5926. Æ Outreach and Education Report—Dr. the business (such as articles of Alida Ortı́z SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The incorporation), a copy of the applicable Council will hold its 156th regular Æ MREP Update—Helena Antoun swordfish and/or shark permit(s), and Council Meeting to discuss the items Æ Enforcement Issues: proof of identification. contained in the following agenda: —Puerto Rico-DNER —U.S. Virgin Islands-DPNR • Vessel operators must bring proof of June 28, 2016, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. —U.S. Coast Guard identification. Æ Call to Order —NMFS/NOAA Workshop Objectives Æ Adoption of Agenda Æ Meetings Attended by Council Æ Consideration of 155th Council Members and Staff The Protected Species Safe Handling, Meeting Verbatim Transcriptions —PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD— Release, and Identification Workshops Æ Executive Director’s Report (5-minute presentations) are designed to teach longline and Æ SSC Report—Dr. Richard Appeldoorn Æ Other Business gillnet fishermen the required Æ Island Based FMP Developments Status and Next Steps The established times for addressing techniques for the safe handling and Council DRAFT goals and objectives items on the agenda may be adjusted as release of entangled and/or hooked Action 1—Species to include for necessary to accommodate the timely protected species, such as sea turtles, federal management completion of discussion relevant to the marine mammals, and smalltooth Action 2—Assigning species to agenda items. To further accommodate sawfish. In an effort to improve complexes discussion and completion of all items reporting, the proper identification of on the agenda, the meeting may be —Working group report protected species will also be taught at —Council guidance on alternative extended from, or completed prior to these workshops. Additionally, groupings the date established in this notice. individuals attending these workshops Action 3—Developing reference The meeting is open to the public, will gain a better understanding of the points, including ABCs and ACLs and will be conducted in English. requirements for participating in these —ABC Control Rule Fishers and other interested persons are fisheries. The overall goal of these —Working group report invited to attend and participate with workshops is to provide participants —Council guidance on ABC oral or written statements regarding with the skills needed to reduce the Control Rule structure and agenda issues. mortality of protected species, which alternatives Although non-emergency issues not may prevent additional regulations on Action 4—Framework measures Æ Timing of Accountability Measures contained in this agenda may come these fisheries in the future. before this group for discussion, those New Action 5 issues may not be subjects for formal sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Final selection of preferred alternatives action during this meeting. Actions will Dated: June 2, 2016. Council direction to staff on next be restricted to those issues specifically Alan D. Risenhoover, identified in this notice, and any issues steps, including scheduling public Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, hearings arising after publication of this notice National Marine Fisheries Service. Æ Developing permits for fishing that require emergency action under [FR Doc. 2016–13641 Filed 6–8–16; 8:45 am] activities in federal waters section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Puerto Rico Snapper Unit 2 DRAFT Fishery Conservation and Management VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:59 Jun 08, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM 09JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Notices 37187 Act, provided that the public has been National Oceanic and Atmospheric Dated: June 2, 2016. notified of the Council’s intent to take Administration. Christopher C. Cartwright, final action to address the emergency. Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1998 Officer, Ocean Service and Coastal Zone Special Accommodations Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Management. The meeting is physically accessible Research Control Act (HABHRCA), as [FR Doc. 2016–13670 Filed 6–8–16; 8:45 am] to people with disabilities. For more amended, codified at 33 U.S.C. 4001– BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P information or request for sign language 4009, authorized the establishment of interpretation and/other auxiliary aids, three national competitive programs on please contact Mr. Miguel A. Rolón, Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and the COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia COMMISSION Management Council, 270 Muñoz Research and Control Amendments Act Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, of 2014, Public Law 113–124; Market Risk Advisory Committee Puerto Rico 00918, telephone (787) 766– authorized the continuation of these 5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting programs. NOAA implements AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading date. HABHRCA through the Ecology and Commission. Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms ACTION: Notice of meeting. Dated: June 6, 2016. (ECOHAB) Program, the Monitoring and Tracey L. Thompson, Event Response for Harmful Algal SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Bloom (MERHAB) Program and the Trading Commission (CFTC) announces Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Prevention, Control and Mitigation of that on June 27, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. [FR Doc. 2016–13652 Filed 6–8–16; 8:45 am] Harmful Algal Blooms (PCMHAB) to 1:30 p.m., the Market Risk Advisory BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Program. ECOHAB provides coastal Committee (MRAC) will hold a public managers with the understanding, tools, meeting at the CFTC’s Washington, DC, and models to predict the development, headquarters. The MRAC will discuss: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE extent, and toxicity of HABs and their (1) The CCP Risk Management impacts, leading to early warning and Subcommittee’s draft recommendations National Oceanic and Atmospheric on how Central Counterparties (CCPs) Administration new prevention and mitigation strategies. MERHAB builds capacity and can better coordinate their efforts in enhances partnerships between preparing for the default of a significant Harmful Algal Bloom Programs clearing member, and (2) the role of the Termination of Regional Rotations managers, researchers, and private industry to improve monitoring for HAB Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS), cells and toxins and responding to HAB (FDIC) and CFTC in the resolution of National Oceanic and Atmospheric events. The PCM HAB program both banks and CCPs. Administration (NOAA), Department of transitions promising technologies and DATES: The meeting will be held on June Commerce (DOC). strategies for preventing, controlling, or 27, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ACTION: Notice. mitigating HABs and their impacts from Members of the public who wish to development through demonstration submit written statements in connection SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice and technology transfer for field with the meeting should submit them by to amend 74 Federal Register 84 (May application by end-users. A regional June 27, 2016. 4, 2009) pp. 20465–20469 titled, ‘‘Notice rotation for the three Harmful Algal ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place of implementation of new competitive Blooms Programs was implemented in in the Conference Center at the CFTC’s Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Fiscal Year 2009. All three regions have headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, Harmful Algal Blooms Program and been rotated once and a rotation cycle 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC regional rotation of the existing and new is now complete. Beginning in 2016, the 20581. Written statements should be national competitive HAB Programs.’’ regional rotation will not be used to submitted by mail to: Commodity This notice announces the completion define the geographic scope of future Futures Trading Commission, Three of the regional rotation. In addition, competitions. Hereafter, the necessary Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., further information about competitive objectives, procedures, and guidance for Washington, DC 20581, attention: objectives, procedures, and guidance Harmful Algal Bloom funding Secretary of the Commission, or by will be posted in announcements on the competitions will be posted in electronic mail to: secretary@cftc.gov. OMB-designated government wide Web announcements on the OMB-designated Please use the title ‘‘Market Risk site for finding and applying for Federal government wide Web site for finding Advisory Committee’’ in any written financial assistance, currently and applying for Federal financial statement you submit. Any statements www.Grants.gov. All other aspects of the assistance, currently www.Grants.gov. submitted in connection with the original Federal Register Notice remain committee meeting will be made the same. Other Information available to the public, including FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Administrative Procedure Act: Notice publication on the CFTC Web site, Quay Dortch, ECOHAB Program and comment are not required under the http://www.cftc.gov. Coordinator and PCMHAB Program Administrative Procedure Act, (5 U.S.C. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager, 301/713–3338 ext 157, 553), or any other law, for notices Petal Walker, MRAC Designated Federal sradovich on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Quay.Dortch@noaa.gov or Marc relating to public property, loans, Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Suddleson, MERHAB Program Manager, grants, benefits or contracts (5 U.S.C. Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 301/713–3338 ext 162, 553(a)). Because notice and comment is 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC Marc.Suddleson@noaa.gov, Center for not required, a Regulatory Flexibility 20581; (202) 418–5010. Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, Analysis is not required and has not SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Centers for Coastal Ocean been prepared for this notice, (5 U.S.C. meeting will be open to the public with Science, National Ocean Service, 601 et seq). seating on a first-come, first-served VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:50 Jun 08, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM 09JNN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a public meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on June 28-29, 2016. The Council will convene on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will reconvene on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ContactCaribbean Fishery Management Council, 270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, telephone (787) 766-5926.
FR Citation81 FR 37186 
RIN Number0648-XE65
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