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 Ortíz

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 ( printed page 10174)

4 p.m.-5 p.m.

—Sargasso Mapping—William Hernández/Roy Armstrong

—Sargasso Impacts on Plankton and Hypoxia—Áurea Rodríguez, 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 García-Moliner, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 270 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918-1903; telephone: (787) 403-8337.

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

87 FR 10173