81_FR_52788 81 FR 52635 - Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

81 FR 52635 - Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 153 (August 9, 2016)

Page Range52635-52636
FR Document2016-18775

The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 157th meeting.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52635-52636]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18775]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE785


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 157th meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 23-24, 2016. The Council will 
convene on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and will 
reconvene on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, 
Condado Avenue, Condado, 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; 
telephone: (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold its 157th regular 
Council Meeting to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:

August 23, 2016, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

[cir] Call to Order
[cir] Election of Officers
[cir] Adoption of Agenda
[cir] Consideration of 156th Council Meeting Verbatim Transcriptions
[cir] Executive Director's Report
[cir] Scientific and Statistical Committee Report--Dr. Richard 
Appeldoorn
    --Island Based Fishery Management Plans (IBFMPs)
    --Acceptable Biological Catch Control Rule
[cir] Island Based Fishery Management Plans (IBFMPs)
    --Goals and Objectives of IBFMPs
    --Review Action 1: Species to include for Federal Management in 
each IBFMP
    --Review Action 2: Review Consolidated List of Stocks, and Stock 
and Species Complexes
    --Review Action 3: Reference Points
    --Update SEDAR 46 U.S. Caribbean Data Limited Species-Southeast 
Fisheries Science Center
    --ABC Control Rule Work Group Report
    --Recommendations to the CFMC on ABC Control Rule
    --Consider Action 4: Framework Procedures for IBFMPs
    --Consider Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Designation for New Species 
in the IBFMPs and 5-year Review of EFH FMP
[cir] CFMC Roadmap to Complete IBFMPs
[cir] Data Collection in the USVI--Ruth G[oacute]mez
[cir] Developing a Commercial Permit Program for the Snapper Unit 2 
Fishery Operating in Puerto Rico EEZ Waters--Reconsideration of DRAFT 
Scoping Document
--PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD--(5-minutes presentations)

August 24, 2016, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

[cir] Timing of Accountability Measures
    --Results from Public Hearings
    Next Step: Consider taking final action/Review codified text
[cir] Development of Regulatory Amendment regarding ACL Overages and 
Application of Accountability Measures: Sector vs. Total ACL within a 
Fishery Management Unit
[cir] Reports to CFMC
    --Standing Committee for Recreational Sampling Plan Development
    --Connectivity Studies Seasonally Closed Areas off the West Coast 
of

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Puerto Rico: Fish Larvae Sources and Sinks. Where do Fish Larvae go to 
when Spawned in the ABT?--Dr. Jorge Capella
    --2015 Spiny Lobster Survey Results--Aida Rosario
    --Pelagic Fish Distribution--Ricardo L[oacute]pez
[cir] Enforcement Issues
    --Bottom Tending Gear: Legal Definition of Gear, Regulations in 
Place in Seasonally Closed Areas in the EEZ
    --Atlantic HMS Caribbean Fisheries--Delisse Ortiz
[cir] Outreach and Education Report--Dr. Alida Ort[iacute]z
[cir] MREP Update--Helena Antoun
[cir] Enforcement Reports:
    --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
[cir] Next Meeting(s)

    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 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: August 3, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-18775 Filed 8-8-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 153 / Tuesday, August 9, 2016 / Notices 52635 2. Name and type of vessel involved; within 24 hours of the discovery. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 3. Vessel’s speed during and leading Navy would provide photographs or Council will hold its 157th regular up to the incident, if applicable; video footage (if available) or other Council Meeting to discuss the items 4. Description of the incident; documentation of the stranded animal contained in the following agenda: 5. Status of all sound source use in sighting to NMFS and the Marine the 24 hours preceding the incident; August 23, 2016, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Mammal Stranding Network. 6. Water depth; 6. This Authorization may be Æ Call to Order 7. Environmental conditions (e.g., modified, suspended or withdrawn if Æ Election of Officers wind speed and direction, Beaufort sea the holder fails to abide by the Æ Adoption of Agenda state, cloud cover, and visibility); conditions prescribed herein, or if Æ Consideration of 156th Council 8. Description of all marine mammal NMFS determines the authorized taking Meeting Verbatim Transcriptions observations in the 24 hours preceding is having more than a negligible impact Æ Executive Director’s Report the incident; on the species or stock of affected Æ Scientific and Statistical Committee 9. Species identification or marine mammals. Report—Dr. Richard Appeldoorn description of the animal(s) involved; —Island Based Fishery Management 10. Fate of the animal(s); and Request for Public Comments Plans (IBFMPs) 11. Photographs or video footage of NMFS requests comment on our —Acceptable Biological Catch Control the animal(s) (if equipment is available). analysis, the draft authorization, and Rule (ii) Activities would not resume until any other aspect of the Notice of Æ Island Based Fishery Management NMFS is able to review the Proposed IHA for the Navy’s Waterfront Plans (IBFMPs) circumstances of the prohibited take. Improvement Projects at Portsmouth —Goals and Objectives of IBFMPs NMFS shall work with the Navy to Navy Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. Please —Review Action 1: Species to include determine what is necessary to include with your comments any for Federal Management in each minimize the likelihood of further supporting data or literature citations to IBFMP prohibited take and ensure MMPA help inform our final decision on the —Review Action 2: Review compliance. The Navy would not be Navy’s request for an MMPA Consolidated List of Stocks, and able to resume their activities until authorization. Stock and Species Complexes notified by NMFS via letter, email, or —Review Action 3: Reference Points telephone. Dated: August 3, 2016. —Update SEDAR 46 U.S. Caribbean (iii) In the event that the Navy Donna S. Wieting, Data Limited Species-Southeast discovers an injured or dead marine Director, Office of Protected Resources, Fisheries Science Center mammal, and the lead MMO determines National Marine Fisheries Service. —ABC Control Rule Work Group that the cause of the injury or death is [FR Doc. 2016–18815 Filed 8–8–16; 8:45 am] Report unknown and the death is relatively BILLING CODE 3510–22–P —Recommendations to the CFMC on recent (i.e., in less than a moderate state ABC Control Rule of decomposition as described in the —Consider Action 4: Framework next paragraph), the Navy shall report DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Procedures for IBFMPs the incident to the Chief of the Permits —Consider Essential Fish Habitat and Conservation Division, Office of National Oceanic and Atmospheric (EFH) Designation for New Species Protected Resources, NMFS, and the Administration in the IBFMPs and 5-year Review of NMFS Northeast/Greater Atlantic RIN 0648–XE785 EFH FMP Regional Stranding hotline and/or by Æ CFMC Roadmap to Complete IBFMPs email to the Northeast/Greater Atlantic Caribbean Fishery Management Æ Data Collection in the USVI—Ruth Regional Stranding Coordinator within Council; Public Meeting Gómez 24 hours of the discovery. The report Æ Developing a Commercial Permit AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries shall include the same information Program for the Snapper Unit 2 Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and identified in the paragraph above. Fishery Operating in Puerto Rico Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Activities would be able to continue EEZ Waters—Reconsideration of Commerce. while NMFS reviews the circumstances DRAFT Scoping Document of the incident. NMFS would work with ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. —PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD—(5- the Navy to determine whether SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery minutes presentations) modifications in the activities are Management Council (Council) will appropriate. August 24, 2016, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. hold its 157th meeting. (iv) In the event that the Navy Æ Timing of Accountability Measures DATES: The meeting will be held on discovers an injured or dead marine —Results from Public Hearings August 23–24, 2016. The Council will mammal, and the lead MMO determines Next Step: Consider taking final convene on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, that the injury or death is not associated action/Review codified text from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and will with or related to the activities Æ Development of Regulatory reconvene on Wednesday, August 24, authorized in the IHA (e.g., previously Amendment regarding ACL 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. wounded animal, carcass with moderate Overages and Application of to advanced decomposition, or ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Accountability Measures: Sector vs. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES scavenger damage), the Navy shall the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, Condado Total ACL within a Fishery report the incident to the Chief of the Avenue, Condado, San Juan, Puerto Management Unit Permits and Conservation Division, Rico. Æ Reports to CFMC Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: —Standing Committee for and the NMFS Northeast/Greater Caribbean Fishery Management Council, Recreational Sampling Plan Atlantic Regional Stranding hotline 270 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, Development and/or by email to the Northeast/Greater San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918; telephone: —Connectivity Studies Seasonally Atlantic Regional Stranding Coordinator (787) 766–5926. Closed Areas off the West Coast of VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:00 Aug 08, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09AUN1.SGM 09AUN1

52636 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 153 / Tuesday, August 9, 2016 / Notices Puerto Rico: Fish Larvae Sources 766–5926, at least 5 days prior to the Dated: August 3, 2016. and Sinks. Where do Fish Larvae go meeting date. Tracey L. Thompson, to when Spawned in the ABT?—Dr. Dated: August 3, 2016. Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Jorge Capella Tracey L. Thompson, Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. —2015 Spiny Lobster Survey [FR Doc. 2016–18776 Filed 8–8–16; 8:45 am] Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Results—Aida Rosario BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. —Pelagic Fish Distribution—Ricardo [FR Doc. 2016–18775 Filed 8–8–16; 8:45 am] López Æ Enforcement Issues BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE —Bottom Tending Gear: Legal Definition of Gear, Regulations in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Place in Seasonally Closed Areas in DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Administration the EEZ National Oceanic and Atmospheric —Atlantic HMS Caribbean Fisheries— Evaluation of State Coastal Administration Management Programs Delisse Ortiz Æ Outreach and Education Report—Dr. AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management Alida Ortı́z RIN 0648–XE791 (OCM), National Ocean Service (NOS), Æ MREP Update—Helena Antoun North Pacific Fishery Management National Oceanic and Atmospheric Æ Enforcement Reports: —Puerto Rico-DNER Council; Public Meeting Administration (NOAA), Department of —U.S. Virgin Islands-DPNR Commerce (DOC). AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries ACTION: Notice of request for comment. —U.S. Coast Guard —NMFS/NOAA Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Æ Meetings Attended by Council Commerce. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Members and Staff Office for Coastal Management will hold PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD—(5- ACTION: Notice of teleconference. a public meeting to solicit comments on minute presentations) Æ Other Business SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery the performance evaluation of the New Æ Next Meeting(s) Management Council (Council) Hampshire Coastal Management Electronic Monitoring Workgroup Program. The established times for addressing items on the agenda may be adjusted as (EMWG) will hold a teleconference on DATES: New Hampshire Coastal necessary to accommodate the timely August 25, 2016. Management Program Evaluation: The completion of discussion relevant to the DATES: The meeting will be held on public meeting will be held on agenda items. To further accommodate Thursday, August 25, 2016, from 8 a.m. September 20, 2016, and written discussion and completion of all items to 5 p.m. (Alaska Time). comments must be received on or before on the agenda, the meeting may be September 30, 2016. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held For specific dates, times, and extended from, or completed prior to telephonically at the following number: the date established in this notice. locations of the public meetings, see (907) 271–2896. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The meeting is open to the public, and will be conducted in English. Council address: North Pacific ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Fishers and other interested persons are Fishery Management Council, 605 W. on the program or reserve NOAA invited to attend and participate with 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK intends to evaluate by any of the oral or written statements regarding 99501–2252; telephone (907) 271–2809. following methods: agenda issues. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Public Meeting and Oral Comments: Although non-emergency issues not Diana Evans, Council staff; telephone: A public meeting will be held in contained in this agenda may come 907–271–2809. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. For the before this group for discussion, those specific location, see SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: issues may not be subjects for formal INFORMATION. action during this meeting. Actions will Agenda Written Comments: Please direct be restricted to those issues specifically written comments to Pam Kylstra, Thursday, August 25, 2016 Program Development Specialist, identified in this notice, and any issues arising after publication of this notice The agenda will include an update on Learning Services Division, Office for that require emergency action under the 2016 pre-implementation program, Coastal Management, 2234 S. Hobson section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens review EM integration initial review Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina Fishery Conservation and Management draft analysis, review of the 2017 pre- 29405, or email comments Act, provided that the public has been implementation proposal, and other Pam.Kylstra@noaa.gov. notified of the Council’s intent to take business and scheduling. The Agenda is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam final action to address the emergency. subject to change, and the latest version Kylstra, Program Development will be posted at http://www.npfmc Specialist, Learning Services Division, Special Accommodations .org/. Office for Coastal Management, 2234 S. The meeting is physically accessible Hobson Avenue, Charleston, South asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Special Accommodations to people with disabilities. For more Carolina 29405, or email comments information or request for sign language The meeting is physically accessible Pam.Kylstra@noaa.gov. Copies of the interpretation and/other auxiliary aids, to people with disabilities. Requests for previous evaluation findings and related please contact Mr. Miguel A. Rolón, sign language interpretation or other material (including past performance Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery auxiliary aids should be directed to reports and notices prepared by NOAA’s Management Council, 270 Muñoz Shannon Gleason at (907) 271–2809 at Office for Coastal Management) may be Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, least 7 working days prior to the obtained upon written request by Puerto Rico, 00918, telephone (787) meeting date. contacting the person identified under VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:00 Aug 08, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09AUN1.SGM 09AUN1


Document Created: 2016-08-09 01:10:09
Document Modified: 2016-08-09 01:10:09
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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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 August 23-24, 2016. The Council will convene on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and will reconvene on Wednesday, August 24, 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 52635 
RIN Number0648-XE78
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