18192 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 64 / Friday, April 3, 2015 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold its 152nd meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 21–22, 2015. The Council will 

convene on Tuesday, April 21, 2014, 

from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will 

reconvene on Wednesday, April 22, 

2015, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Divi Carina Beach Resort and 

Casino, 25 Estate Turner Hole, 

Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI 00820. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 

270 Mun ̃ oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918; telephone: 

(787) 766–5926. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council will hold its 152nd regular 

Council Meeting to discuss the items 

contained in the following agenda: 

April 21, 2015, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Call to Order 

Adoption of Agenda 

Consideration of 151st Council Meeting 

Verbatim Transcriptions 

Executive Director’s Report 

SSC National Workshop Report—Dr. 

Richard Appeldoorn 

SSC Meeting Report—Dr. Richard 

Appeldoorn 

Island-Based Fishery ManagementSpecies Selection Criteria 

Development 

• Outcomes from the March 2015 

DAP and SSC Meetings 

-input from each of the three DAPs 

-input from SSC 

• Review Proposed Options, Provide 

Guidance for Inclusion/Exclusion/

Addition 

• Discuss Options and Next Steps in 

Continuing the Development of this 

Initiative. 

Update on Timing of Accountability 

Measure-based Closures Action 

• Outcomes from the March 2015 

DAP Meetings—input from each of 

the three DAPs regarding the 

options for times to schedule 

closures for each of the alternatives 

laid out in the Options paper 

(islands/island groups and ACL 

groupings) 

• Review Proposed Options, Provide 

Guidance for Inclusion/Exclusion/

Addition 

• Discuss Next Steps 

Update on Puerto Rico Commercial 

Landings 2011–13, and Comparison to 

Annual Catch Limits Permits Scoping 

Paper 

• Report from USVI and Puerto Rico 

Regarding State Perspectives on 

Permits 

• Review Outcomes from March 

Scoping Meetings 

• Discuss Options and Next Steps in 

Continuing the Development of this 

Initiative 

Emergency Rule to Prohibit Sea 

Cucumber and Sea Urchin Harvest 

from U.S. Caribbean EEZ Waters 

• Report on Availability of Pertinent 

Landings Data 

• Status and Next Steps 

Modifications to Accountability 

Measure Guidance in FMPs 

• Council Receives Update on 

Development of Plan Amendments 

ABC Control Rule for Data-Poor Stocks 

• Report from SSC 

Abrir/Bajo/Tourmaline consistency of 

regulations 

• Consider Outcomes from February 

Public Meetings in Mayaguez and 

Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico 

• Evaluate and Confirm, or Modify, 

Alternatives Including Preferred 

Alternatives. 

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (5-minutes 

presentations) 

April 21, 2015, 5:15 p.m.–6 p.m. 

Administrative Matters 

-Budget Update FY 2014/15 

-SOPPs Approval for Submission to 

NOAA Fisheries 

-Closed Session: 

-Membership of Island-Based District 

Advisory Panels (DAPs) and 

Consideration of Terms of 

Reference for Winter 2015 DAP 

Meetings 

-SSC/OEAP Memberships 

April 22, 2015, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Report on Stock Assessment Results and 

Plan Actions from the SEFSC’s Stock 

Assessment Programmatic Review 

Update on Project Entitled: ‘‘Connecting 

Fishers and Fisheries Data Using a 

Cooperative Gear Development 

Project to Improve Catch Reporting’’— 

Anthony Iarocci 

Request by Puerto Rico West Coast 

Fishers on Trammel Net Phase Out 

Revision of ACLs for Puerto Rico— 

Eugenio Pin ̃ eiro 

Proposed Rule to Revise the National 

Standard 1, 3, and 7 Guidelines 

Continuing Research: Assessing Queen 

Conch Home Range, Habitat and 

Movement in the USVI—Jennifer 

Doerr and Ron Hill 

MERP Report 

Outreach and Education Report—Dr. 

Alida Ortı ́z 

Enforcement Issues: 

-Puerto Rico-DNER 

-U.S. Virgin Islands-DPNR 

-U.S. Coast Guard 

-NMFS/NOAA 

Meetings Attended by Council Members 

and Staff 

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (5-minute 

presentations) 

Other Business 

Next Council Meeting 

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. Rolo ́n, 

Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council, 270 Mun ̃ oz 

Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, 

Puerto Rico, 00918, telephone (787) 

766–5926, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Dated: March 31, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting DeputyDirector, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a three-day meeting on April 21– 

23, 2015 to consider actions affecting 

New England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, April 21 through Thursday, 

April 23, 2015, starting at 9 a.m. on 

Tuesday, April 21, and 8 a.m. on 

Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday, 

April 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Hotel, 20 Coogan Boulevard, 

Mystic, CT 06355–1900. The telephone 

number is (860) 572–0731, and fax is 

(860) 572–0328. For online information 

see www.hiltonmystic.com. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 

The Council meeting will begin with 

introductions and a brief closed session 

during which the NEFMC will approve 

additional Scientific and Statistical 

Committee appointments for 2015–17. 

Brief reports will follow from the 

NEFMC Chairman and Executive 

Director, the NOAA Fisheries Regional 

Administrator, the Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center and Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council liaisons, 

NOAA General Counsel and NOAA Law 

Enforcement, and representatives of the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission, U.S Coast Guard and the 

Northeast Regional Ocean Council. 

NOAA General Counsel will then 

provide a presentation on the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act provisions on 

Council member financial disclosure 

and recusal requirements. During the 

Observer Committee’s Report to follow 

the NEFMC will review and likely 

approve committee recommendations 

for additional industry-funded portside 

sampling and electronic monitoring 

options in the Atlantic herring fishery. 

The options are intended to be part of 

an omnibus amendment (vs. a 

framework adjustment) that would 

address industry-funded monitoring 

across all federally managed fisheries in 

the Northeast. A report from the 

Monkfish Committee report will include 

an update on the development of 

Framework Adjustment 9 to the 

Monkfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP), as well as Monkfish Plan 

Development Team analyses on use of 

less than 10-inch mesh stand-up gillnets 

while on a monkfish day-at-sea, and 

allowing a vessel to switch from a 

monkfish day to a monkfish research 

set-aside day while at sea. Just prior to 

a lunch break the Council will provide 

an opportunity for the public to provide 

brief comments on items that are 

relevant to Council business but 

otherwise not listed on the published 

agenda. 

Following the break, there will be a 

presentation on a Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center report titled 

Performance of the Northeast 

Multispecies Groundfish Fishery, May 

2013–April 2014. Following receipt of 

this information, the Council is 

expected to approve the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

associated with Amendment 18 to the 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery FMP 

and identify preferred alternatives for 

the purpose of public review and 

comment. The amendment measures 

focus primarily on accumulation limits 

and the concentration of fishing effort in 

the inshore Gulf of Maine. 

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 

The second day of the meeting will 

begin with a NOAA Fisheries 

presentation regarding possible changes 

to National Standards 1, 3, and 7 and 

Council discussion of these issues. The 

NEFMC’s Scientific and Statistical 

Committee will review its discussions 

about the proposals to change the 

National Standards, as well as NOAA’s 

Draft Climate Science Strategy. Later in 

the morning, and as part of the 

Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management 

(EBFM) Committee’s report, the Council 

will receive an updated status report on 

Northeast Continental Shelf Marine 

Ecosystem, review committee 

recommendations on a process to 

develop an EBFM policy, and review 

committee comments on NOAA’s Draft 

Climate Science Strategy. The Habitat 

Committee will report prior to a lunch 

break. It seeks approval of final 

management measures to be included in 

Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat 

Amendment 2. Pending NOAA 

Fisheries approval, measures could 

affect all New England Council FMPs. 

This agenda item will be the subject of 

discussion for the remainder of the 

working day. 

Thursday, April 23, 2015 

The Council will continue 

consideration of the habitat agenda 

items listed above during this final day 

of the meeting. The meeting will 

adjourn after the consideration of any 

outstanding business. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subjects of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 31, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

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Title: Data Collection and Verification 

for the Marine Projected Areas 

Inventory. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0449. 

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Type of Request: Regular (request for 

revision and extension of a currently 

approved information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 67. 

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