[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69431-69432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27621]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD622


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 (Council) will hold 
its 151st meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 9-10, 2014. The Council 
will convene on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and 
will reconvene on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Marriott Resort Frenchman's 
Reef & Morning Star, #4 Estate Bakkeroe, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 00802.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 
270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918; 
telephone: (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold its 151st regular 
Council Meeting to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:

December 9, 2014, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

<bullet> Call to Order
<bullet> Adoption of Agenda
<bullet> Consideration of 150th Council Meeting Verbatim Transcriptions
<bullet> Executive Director's Report
<bullet> Abril/Bajo/Tourmaline Reconsideration of Closure Period, 
Guidance on Next Steps from Council
<bullet> SSC Outcomes from November one-day Webinar Meeting, Including 
Status of Species Selection Criteria Table
<bullet> ACL Overages/AM Application/Enhanced Reporting Status
<bullet> Timing of Closures, Focus on Development of Options Paper and 
Scheduling Additional Scoping Hearings
<bullet> Federal Permits Scoping Document, Schedule Scoping Meetings

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<bullet> Red Hind White Paper

Public Comment Period

(5-minutes presentations)

5:15 p.m.-6 p.m.

<bullet> Administrative Matters

    --Budget Update FY 2014/15
    --SOPPs Approval for Submission to NOAA Fisheries
    --SSC/OEAP Memberships
    --Closed Session to Discuss Membership of Island-Based District 
Advisory Panels (DAPs) and Consideration of Terms of Reference for 
Winter 2015 DAP Meetings

December 10, 2014, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

<bullet> Point 97 Presentation on Electronic Reporting Project
<bullet> Outreach and Education Report--Dr. Alida Ort[iacute]z
<bullet> Petition Shark Quota for Artisanal US Caribbean Fishers--
Marcos Hanke
<bullet> SEDAR Developments and Planning--Bonnie Ponwith
<bullet> Sea Cucumbers and Sea Urchins Report from PR DNER and 
Consideration of need to Close Harvest in Federal Waters in Support of 
Implementing Harvest Closure in State Waters.
<bullet> Enforcement Issues:

    --Puerto Rico-DNER
    --U.S. Virgin Islands-DPNR
    --U.S. Coast Guard
    --NMFS/NOAA

<bullet> Meetings Attended by Council Members and Staff

Public Comment Period

(5-minute presentations)
<bullet> Other Business
<bullet> 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. 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: November 18, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-27621 Filed 11-20-14; 8:45 am]
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