[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 11634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04414]


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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.

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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 Mu[ntilde]oz 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

[cir] Call to Order
[cir] 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
[cir] New ABC control rule dealing with data poor stocks.
[cir] FMUs ACL Overages--SERO Update
    Accountability Measures
[cir] Red Hind Data Review to develop a separate ACL for red hind
    1. Data review SEFSC
    2. Recommendation to CFMC
[cir] National SSC V (February 23-25, 2015): Report
[cir] Discussion of 5-year Research Plan
[cir] Federal Permits Options Paper
[cir] 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. 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: 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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