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receive reports on recent activities from 

its Chair and Executive Director, the 

Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries 

Office (GARFO) Regional Administrator, 

the Northeast Fisheries Science Center 

(NEFSC) Director, the NOAA Office of 

General Counsel, the Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council liaison, 

staff from the Atlantic States Marine 

Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), and 

representatives from the U.S. Coast 

Guard, NOAA’s Office of Law 

Enforcement, the Advisory Committee 

to the U.S. Section of the International 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and the NMFS 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Panel. Next, the Council will receive the 

Monkfish Committee report and initiate 

Framework Adjustment 13 to the 

Monkfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). This action will include 2023–25 

specifications for the fishery and other 

management measures. The Council 

then will go into the Habitat Committee 

report. First, the Council will discuss 

and take final action on a framework to 

designate one or more Habitat Areas of 

Particular Concern (HAPCs) in Southern 

New England. The Council also will 

receive an update on offshore energy, 

aquaculture, cables, and other habitatrelated work and approve a comment 

letter on the Coast Guard’s Port Access 

Route Study (PARS) for approaches to 

Maine, New Hampshire, and 

Massachusetts. The Council then will 

adjourn for the day. 

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 

The Council will begin the second 

day of its meeting with the Scallop 

Committee report, which will cover 

three issues: (1) An update on work 

being conducted by the Scallop Survey 

Working Group; (2) next steps for the 

Evaluation of the Atlantic Sea Scallop 

Rotational Management Program final 

report, which the Council received 

during the February 2022 meeting; and 

(3) potential approval of a scoping 

document for limited access leasing. 

Next, GARFO staff will provide an 

overview of the agency’s efforts to 

develop bycatch reduction measures to 

reduce takes of sea turtles in trawl 

fisheries. The Council will provide 

comments on this action. The Council 

then will receive a report on outcomes 

from the March 2022 meeting of the 

Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel 

(NTAP). Following this report, the 

Northeast Fisheries Science Center will 

present the peer review results for 

recent research track assessments for 

Gulf of Maine haddock, Illex squid, and 

butterfish. 

After the lunch break, the Council 

will receive a presentation from the Gulf 

of Maine Research Institute on its 

Maximized Retention Electronic 

Monitoring Program for Groundfish 

Monitoring Amendment 23. This 

presentation will be followed by the 

Groundfish Committee report. First, the 

Council will initiate Framework 

Adjustment 65 to the Groundfish FMP, 

which will include: (1) 2023 total 

allowable catches (TACs) for U.S./ 

Canada shared resources on Georges 

Bank; (2) 2023–24 specifications for 

Georges Bank cod and Georges Bank 

yellowtail flounder; (3) 2023–25 

specifications for 14 additional 

groundfish stocks; (4) revised rebuilding 

plans for Gulf of Maine cod and 

Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic 

winter flounder; (6) additional measures 

to promote stock rebuilding; and (7) 

acceptable biological catch (ABC) 

control rule revisions. Next, the Council 

will discuss potential modifications to 

its 2022 groundfish priorities to address 

possible changes to Atlantic cod 

management units. The Council then 

will adjourn for the day. 

Thursday, April 14, 2022 

The Council will lead off the third 

day of its meeting with an update on the 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council’s work to rebuild Atlantic 

mackerel. The Council will have the 

opportunity to provide comments and 

feedback on the mackerel rebuilding 

program. Next, members of the public 

will have the opportunity to speak 

during an open comment period on 

issues that relate to Council business 

but are not included on the published 

agenda for this meeting. The Council 

asks the public to limit remarks to 3–5 

minutes. These comments will be 

received both in person and through the 

webinar. A guide for how to publicly 

comment through the webinar is 

available on the Council website at 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/nefmc.org/ 

NEFMC-meeting-remote-participation_

generic.pdf. The Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center then will present the 

State of the Ecosystem 2022 report for 

New England. The Council’s Scientific 

and Statistical Committee will provide 

recommendations on this report prior to 

the Council’s discussion. Next, the 

Council will take up the EcosystemBased Fishery Management (EBFM) 

Committee report. This will include: (1) 

An update on planning for EBFM 

informational outreach workshops and 

an introduction to the workshop 

facilitator; and (2) committee 

recommendations on a plan to conduct 

a Prototype Management Strategy 

Evaluation (MSE) for EBFM and the 

Georges Bank example Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan (eFEP). 

Following the lunch break, the 

Council will receive an update from 

GARFO on the status of the IndustryFunded Monitoring (IFM) Program for 

the Atlantic herring fishery, which will 

be followed by Council discussion. 

Then, the Council will close out the 

meeting with other business. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on this agenda may come 

before the Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject 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 Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

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. 

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

Dated: March 21, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

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Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery 

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(SSC) will hold a two-day public hybrid 

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to 5 p.m., and April 13, 2022, from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. All meetings will be at 

Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The 

hybrid meeting will be held at the 

Courtyard Marriott Isla Verde Beach 

Resort, 7012 Boca de Cangrejos, 

Carolina, Puerto Rico, 00979. 

You may join the SSC public hybrid 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Miguel Rolo ́n, Executive Director, 

Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 

270 Mun ̃ oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918–1903, 

telephone: (787) 398–3717. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items included in the 

tentative agenda will be discussed: 

April 12, 2022 

10 a.m.–10:15 a.m. 

—Call to order 

—Roll call 

—Approval of Verbatim Transcriptions 

—Adoption of agenda 

10:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

—Integrative analyses and visualization 

of SEAMAP-Caribbean (SEAMAP–C) 

data in Puerto Rico and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands (aka The Gold Copy)— 

JJ Cruz Motta 

—Dashboard/Puerto Rico Port Sampling 

and Catch Validation Project—Todd 

Gedamke 

—Discussion and Recommendations to 

the CFMC 

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. 

—Lunch 

1:30 p.m.–3 p.m. 

—Southeast Fishery Science Center 

(SEFSC) Caribbean Branch Update 

—SEFSC Inventory Update—Kevin 

McCarthy and Rachel Eckley 

—SSC Recommendations to CFMC 

3 p.m.–3:15 p.m. 

—Break 

3:15 p.m.–5 p.m. 

—SEDAR-Stock Assessment Matrix— 

Kevin McCarthy, SEFSC 

—Life history Update—Virginia 

Shervette/Noemi Pen ̃ a/Jesus Rivera 

—Continue discussion and 

recommendations to CFMC 

April 13, 2022 

10 a.m.–12 p.m. 

—Island-Based Fishery Management 

Plan and Amendments Update— 

Marı ́a Lo ́pez-Mercer, SERO/NOAA 

Fisheries 

—Updated OFLs/ABCs for spiny lobster 

for years 2024–2026—SEFSC 

—Update/SSC Review 

—National SSC Update—Richard 

Appeldoorn 

—SSC Recommendations to CFMC 

12 p.m.–1 p.m. 

–Lunch 

1 p.m.–3 p.m. 

—Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council’s (CFMC) 5-year Strategic 

Plan—Michelle Duval 

—Discussion: SSC Research Plan 

Recommendations to CFMC 

3 p.m.–3:15 p.m. 

—Break 

3:15 p.m.–5 p.m. 

—Finalize Research Priorities and 

Recommendations to CFMC 

—Ecosystem-Based Fishery 

Management Technical Advisory 

Panel (EBFM TAP) Update 

—Sennai Habtes 

—SSC Ecosystem Conceptual Model 

review 

—Where is it and how is it being used 

—Lenfest overview (JJ Cruz Motta, 

Stacey Williams, Tarsila Seara) 

—Plan to Meld Conceptual Models— 

Potentially Create Task Force— 

Orian Tzadik 

—DAPs ECM overview (Liajay Rivera) 

—Ecosystem Status Report: Ecosystem 

Indicators—Kelly Montenero, 

Mandy Karnauskas, SEFSC 

—SSC Recommendations to the 

CFMC 

—Other Business 

—Adjourn 

The order of business may be adjusted 

as necessary to accommodate the 

completion of agenda items. The 

meeting will begin on April 12, 2022, at 

10 a.m. EST, and will end on April 13, 

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. In addition, the meeting may be 

completed prior to the date established 

in this notice. 

Special Accommodations 

For any additional information on this 

public virtual meeting, please contact 

Dr. Graciela Garcı ́a-Moliner, Caribbean 

Fishery Management Council, 270 

Mun ̃ oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San 

Juan, Puerto Rico 00918–1903, 

telephone: (787) 403–8337. 

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

Dated: March 21, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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