80 FR 42 pg. 11634 - Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

Type: NOTICEVolume: 80Number: 42Page: 11634
FR document: [FR Doc. 2015-04414 Filed 3-3-15; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD792

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.

SUMMARY:

The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.

DATES:

The SSC meeting will be held on March 24-26, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

The SSC will meet at the Caribbean Fishery Management Council headquarters, located at 270 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The SSC will meet to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:

March 24-26, 2015

? Call to Order

? Selection Criteria for Exclusion/Inclusion of Species in the Island-Based FMPs

A. Brief Review of criteria selection-Status to date

B. Continuation of determining selection criteria

1. Data available

a. Commercial Landings Data-SEFSC Update

i. Overview of Landings Data: Species List Ranked by Poundage and Value-Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/St. John, St. Croix

ii. Monthly landings

iii. Spatial distribution of landings (EEZ-State)

iv. Landings by Coast for Puerto Rico as a Proxy to Differentiate Species that Might be Restricted to the State Waters

v. Landings by Fishing Center-Town: Puerto Rico

b. SEFSC/DNER revision of the 2005 East Coast Correction Factor Update

c. Recreational Landings Data-MRIP Update

i. Overview of Landings Data: Species List Ranked by Poundage.

ii. Spatial distribution of recreational landings

iii. Recommendation to CFMC

2. District Advisory Panels Reports

? New ABC control rule dealing with data poor stocks.

? FMUs ACL Overages-SERO Update

Accountability Measures

? Red Hind Data Review to develop a separate ACL for red hind

1. Data review SEFSC

2. Recommendation to CFMC

? National SSC V (February 23-25, 2015): Report

? Discussion of 5-year Research Plan

? Federal Permits Options Paper

? Other Business

The meetings are open to the public, and will be conducted in English.

Special Accommodations: These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. For more information or request for sign language interpretation and/other auxiliary aids, please contact Mr. Miguel A. Rolón, Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 270 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918, telephone (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: February 26, 2015.

Tracey L. Thompson,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2015-04414 Filed 3-3-15; 8:45 am]

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